Getting Started
Choosing your da Vinci Tandem
You can use the decision tree (right sidebar or below on phones) to narrow your model selection or simply browse the models below. At any time you can click on the model to go to a detailed page about that model. Keep in mind that most tandems can be built with 26″, 25.7″ (650b) or 700c wheels, can have drop or flat handlebars, and all but the aluminum frames can have S&S couplings.
Electric Assist Tandems come in Road & Hybrid models.
Tailwind Road or Hybrid
This is our electric assist version of our Joint Venture or Joint Adventure tandems. Built with the powerful Shimano Steps E8000 motor to help flatten the tallest mountains or take the sting out of a killer headwind.
Available in: Chrome-moly Steel, 7005 Aluminum, Titanium, or Carbon Fiber. S&S couplers available on steel, titanium, or carbon fiber frames.
Tailwind II Road or Hybrid
This is a more budget friendly, production based, electric assist tandem.
Available in 7005 Aluminum frame only.
Road Tandems
da Vinci Road Tandems are built to cover a lot of miles on paved or gravel roads – comfortably and fast. Road Tandems are for century rides, biking from town to town on the back roads of Italy, setting a new record in your local club’s time trial, or a great way to get to the ice cream shop on the corner.
Symphony Road
(Symphony X is a gravel/adventure version with room for bigger tires)
Dream component package. The best of the best road tandems.
Available in: Titanium, or Carbon Fiber, with or without S&S couplers.
Joint Venture & Global Venture Road
(Joint Venture X is a gravel/adventure version with room for bigger tires)
High quality component package on a road tandem. This has always been out most popular model.
Available in: Chrome-moly Steel, 7005 Aluminum, Titanium, or Carbon Fiber. S&S couplers available on steel, titanium, or carbon fiber frames.
In-2-ition & Global In-2-ition Road
Same handbuilt frame as the Joint Venture with price-sensitive component package.
Available in: Chrome-moly Steel, or 7005 Aluminum. S&S couplers available on steel.
Grand Junction
Price point road tandem with an incredible parts list. These are ready to ship.
Available in: Chrome-moly Steel only. Custom Frame options, S&S Couplers, and Custom Paint are not available on this model
Hybrid (Off-Road) Tandems
da Vinci Hybrid Tandems are built with mountain bike style handlebars for a more upright position and great for multi-surface riding. They will handle paved roads or gravel bike paths equally well. With “road” tires, a da Vinci Off-Road Tandem is nearly as efficient as a Road Tandem. With “mountain bike” tires, a da Vinci hybrid tandem is a machine ready for your favorite single-track, proving da Vinci tandems are the most versatile bikes on the planet.
Symphony Hybrid
Highest quality dream component package on a hybrid tandem.
Available in: Titanium, or Carbon Fiber with or without S&S couplers.
Joint AdVenture & Global Venture Hybrid
High quality component package on an off-road tandem.
Available in: Chrome-moly Steel, 7005 Aluminum, Titanium, or Carbon Fiber. S&S couplers available on steel, titanium, or carbon fiber frames.
In-2-ition Hybrid & Global In-2-ition
Same handbuilt frame as above with price-sensitive component package.
Available in: Chrome-moly Steel, or 7005 Aluminum
Suspension Tandems
da Vinci Suspension Tandems are built to take rocks, gravel, sticks, bumps, ruts and make them smooth. Suspension Tandems are for off-road and off-trail adventures: rugged downhills and killer single track. These suspension bikes soak up the pain and make it fun.
Symbiosis XC Front Suspension
This bike is the benchmark cross country offroad tandem.
Perfectly suited for singletrack, fire roads, country roads and bike paths. With a dropped top tube for better standover, more ground clearance, room for fat tires. The Symbiosis XC comes with a race tested suspension fork , 100mm (4″) travel Thudbuster seatpost, front and rear disc brakes.
Symbiosis Full Suspension
From the beginning in the late 1990’s, the Symbiosis has been an award winning offroad favorite.
They say a rolling stone gathers no moss. Well, the design of the Symbiosis has not gathered any moss with several upgrades over the years and it still rolls over those stones and moss better than any other tandem today.
Whether you value a more comfortable ride when you cruise down your favorite fire road or are looking for a bump-eating downhill racer, the Symbiosis is ready for anything you can dish out. This only-the-best-will-do dream machine has front and rear hydraulic disc brakes, the best suspension forks to be found, and all the other high zoot goodies you have grown to expect on a da Vinci.
Decide on the Tandem Frame Material
- Chrome Moly Steel: Built for strength and durability. Steel gives the riders a lifetime of enjoyment. For long distances, this frame has enough compliance to be a comfortable ride day after day. Available S&S couplers.
- 7005 Aluminum: Lighter in weight, accelerate more quickly, resistant to rust and can climb that next hill with less effort. Aluminum can be comfortable. We have engineered the aluminum frame to equal the steel frame in stiffness for a good ride. This is an inexpensive way to save some weight. Couplers not available on aluminum.
- Titanium: Realize a light weight frame with the stiffness needed to accelerate quickly and handle turns with precision. Titanium makes the lightest S&S coupled frame. Build the ultimate travel tandem. Plus it is a beautiful metal. Titanium is slightly less stiff and more compliant than steel and aluminum. Available with titanium S&S couplers.
- Carbon Fiber: Lightest weight frames (without S&S couplers) and well known for it’s vibration damping qualities. Carbon fiber does take longer to build and every frame is built to order. Plan ahead, it is worth it. Available with S&S couplers.
Tandem Bike Fit
What good is a great bike if it does not fit? We offer several frame sizes to provide a perfect fit for most teams, and custom frames for those who need it without overcharging for this special service.
Visit our fit page
Choose Color
Our color options page shows all the available colors as well as seeing a wide variety of painted tandems.
Test Ride
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