http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Hase Pino tandem - Recent Topics en Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:22:27 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3461#post-36058 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 21:58:21 +0000 Roibeard 36058@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've just bought a second hand Hase Pino from Kinetics...</p> <p><a href="http://www.kinetics.org.uk/html/pino.shtml">Kinetics (Pino page)</a></p> <p>Made the mistake of riding it solo, then hiring it for the day with my wife - verdict was that it made her feel like a teenager again!</p> <p>So, despite not intending to buy a tandem, we lasted less than 24 hours before turning the hire into a purchase.</p> <p>As a tandem, it's pretty versatile - we can swap positions with heights of 5'10" and 5'4", but the latter found the front a little bit of a stretch. We're told that trimming the boom a bit should sort that, but I don't want to do that just yet.</p> <p>With steering similar to that of a cargo bike, it takes a bit of acclimatisation. Hopping on to it feels odd, but I got so used to it after the hire that the next morning's commute felt strangely twitchy and speedy!</p> <p>A Pino can be quite an investment, so if you're thinking of getting one and want to see it in the metal, PM me. We've got the Rohloff geared version with a titanium frame (no longer available), but the geometry matches the current steel frame and is very similar to the coupled aluminium option.</p> <p>Robert </p>