Paketa V2 Superlight Racing Tandem

Archibald Sharp's landmark treatise, Bicycles and Tricycles: An Elementary Treatise on Their Design and Construction, published in 1896, describes various contemporary tandem frame designs, including "no-lateral," in some detail. For decades, this simple, open-frame architecture prevailed; sometimes with the addition of a triangulated stoker compartment. Around the 1970s, various permutations with internal reinforcing tubes appeared with names such as mixte, full marathon, double marathon, up-tube (popularized by Fisher), all leading up to the currently popular direct lateral approach used by most manufacturers today. So, why would Paketa choose to revert back to a century-old design? To put it simply, the open-frame design was selected because our engineering and frame testing development program have proven its the optimal choice for magnesiumeven Dr. Sharp couldnt anticipate that advancement in materials. A comparable-weight magnesium tandem frame with a direct lateral tube would suffer in stiffness, strength, dent/buckling resistance, weight, or some combination of these deleterious effects. Archibald would approve.
 

Super stable at high speeds
Small, Medium, and Large sizes fit most teams
1-4 color custom paint jobs
 
   Whats old is new again in tandem design

Gates Belt Drive equipped

Complete tandems under 24lbs!
Paketa's exclusive V2 Race tubeset for increased stiffness and durability
No lateral tubes for ultralight weight and better damping
Stronger than carbon fiber and aluminum with the comfort of titanium

2009 V2 Tandem
 Frame/fork/headset
 $5575
V2 Super Light
 Campy Super Record 11speed/Rolf wheels
 $10,925
V2 7900
 Shimano Dura Ace 7900/Rolf Wheels
 $10,575 
V2 Ultegra  Shimano Ultegra SL/Rolf Wheels
 $8675
V2 Force
 Sram Force/Rolf Wheels
 $8975 
 V2 Chorus
 Campy Chorus 11s/Rolf Wheels
  $9625
   More Options
  
           $5575.00 (V2 Frameset)$10925.00 (V2 Super Light)$10575.00 (V2 7900)$8675.00 (V2 Ultegra)$8975.00 (V2 Force)$9625.00 (V2 Chorus)  
 
 

MODEL  COMPONENT PACKAGE
  PRICE  1-color

2009 Paketa V2 Tandem featuring Gates Belt Drive