Rosie from Plymouth
Rosie collected our newly donated Plymouth based Ridgeback Panorama tandem in mid-November 2024. She is its first Borrower and the first hire by new Helper Keith. She previously borrowed a tandem from us in 2012. More details and a photo are to follow.
Georgia from Chesterfield
Georgia and her girlfriend, Rona, collected our Derby based Thorn tandem in early November 2024. Here they are a month earlier test riding the tandem.
Reuben from Chorton
Reuben and his Mum, Gemma, collected our Lancashire based red Indigo Turismo tandem in early November 2024. He is going to ride with his friend Seamus, who collected a tandem at the same time.
Seamus from South Manchester
Seamus and his Dad, Rob, collected our Lancashire based blue Dawes tandem in early November 2024. He is going to ride with his friend Reuben, who collected a tandem at the same time.
Michael from Alnwick
Michael and his wife collected our Newcastle based Viking Pennine Trail tandem in early November 2024. He and his sone reported that they had a great cycle along the Aln Valley Cycleway.
Noah from North Greenford
Noah and his Mum, Brigid, swapped our Berkshire based Tomcat tag-along for our Bershire based KHS Sausage Dog tandem. John, our Helper there, said that Brigid, "felt Noah had outgrown the Tomcat and needed something larger. He is not too keen on having pedal ALL the time as he was able to freewheel on the Tomcat !!"
Harley from Hexham
Harley and his Mum, Nicola, collected our Newcastle upon Tyne based Viking Companion tandem in early October 2024. More details and a photo are to follow.
Student Y from Woking
Student Y and her Teacher collected our Surrey based Reflex Timberline tandem in early October 2024. More details and a photo are to follow.
Student X from Woking
Student X and his Teacher collected our Surrey based Viking Salerno tandem in early October 2024. More details and a photo are to follow.
Jonty from Stonehouse
Jonty's Dad, David, collected one of our Gloucestershire based Weehoo tag-alongs in early October 2024. David wrote soon after, "Jonty loves going out on the bike with his big brothers, but at three and a half he was fast outgrowing his toddler seat fixed to my bike. We were delighted to be able to borrow from Charlotte's Tandems a Weehoo. Jonty loved his first trip out this weekend and we're looking forward to more adventures! Thank you Charlotte's Tandems."
Otto and Greta from Oxford
Siblings Otto and Greta and their Mum, Sarah, collected our Oxford based Dawes Discovery tandem at the end of September 2024. More details and a photo are to follow.
Jo from Ipswich
Jo and Adam collected our Suffolk based Viking Regency tandem in late-September 2024. Jo said soon after, "I'm just sending over a pic from our first adventure ride. A little under 9km in total. With a picnic break in the middle."
Edward from Cockermouth
Edward and Jane collected our Cumbria based Dawes Kalantar tandem in late September 2024. Jane said in late October, "Andrew & Edward are getting used to riding a full sized tandem & enjoying the challenge! A beautiful day yesterday in Cumbria before storm Ashley!"
Christian from Conwy
Christian collected our Cumbria based Mercian tandem in late September 2024. More details and a photo are to follow.
Felipe from Chiswick
Felipe and Stephan collected our Surrey based Sirius tandem in mid-September 2024. Here they are on their day out in Richmond Park.
Robson from Spalding Moor
Robson and his Dad, Rob, swapped our North Yorkshire based Viking Timbertrail tandem for our newly bought North Yorkshire based Mission Piggyback tag-along trike in early September 2024. More details and a photo are to follow.
Thomas from Sussex
Thomas and his Dad, Richard, collected our Eastbourne based Thorn Kiddyback tandem in early September 2024. That day, Richard told our Facebook group, "Just collected our tandem and now on the way for our first bike ride. Thank you Gabor!" He added, "Thanks for the tandem: it’s going to be super helpful to get to school"
Heidi from Taunton
Heidi and her partner collected our Devon based green Dawes tandem at the start of September 2024. She told her friends on Facebook, "To make the most of the day, we headed out for our first proper tandem bike ride, thanks to Charlotte's Tandems for loaning us the bike. It was great fun, and I’m happy to report that we made it back in one piece!
We decided to stop at The New Mill at Bathpool for a drink, just to enjoy being out and about. Jamie was keen to keep going, but I thought it would be nice to take a break—we’d already done about 3.5 miles by then!
All in all, a productive and enjoyable morning."
We decided to stop at The New Mill at Bathpool for a drink, just to enjoy being out and about. Jamie was keen to keep going, but I thought it would be nice to take a break—we’d already done about 3.5 miles by then!
All in all, a productive and enjoyable morning."
Clara from Devon
Clara's husband, Julian, collected our Gloucestershire based Van Raam Twinny tandem trike at the start of September 2024. She told us a fortnight later, "We are getting on really well. So enjoying the outings we have had so far."