Welcome to JD Tandems based in Gargrave, Near Skipton, Yorkshire

Tandem Weekend in Gargrave 28th & 29th April 2012
**UPDATEDCome and join us at JD Tandems for a weekend of tandem riding. There will be a variety of things to do on a tandem during the weekend, with led rides of varying lengths, treasure hunts and drinks and nibbles.
Published Saturday 28 January 2012, Updated Tuesday 1 May 2012

Charlotte's Tandems
JD Tandems are proud to be associated with this great charity, Charlotte's Tandems. They lend tandems to (and only to) people with disabilities or special needs for free, who are unable to ride a bike safely on their own, so that they can enjoy the wonders of cycling. The borrowers are both children and adults. Tandems are a fun and safe way to get out and about as friends, a couple, family or group.

If you would like to borrow one or have a tandem or components to donate then please contact them.
Published Tuesday 1 May 2012

New Orbit Tandem website
Just six years after our acquisition of the tandem side of Orbit's business, we now have our own website. It's packed with information.


Published Saturday 21 April 2012

JD Tandems voted as one of the UKs Top 20 Independent Bike Dealers
**UPDATEDThe list is, above else, a celebration of independent bicycle dealers, praising some of the sector's high fliers.
Published Tuesday 3 April 2012, Updated Tuesday 3 April 2012

Tandem riding & Parkinsons Disease
**UPDATEDWhat Parkinson’s Teaches Us About the Brain

Published Saturday 22 October 2011, Updated Saturday 22 October 2011

New deep section 700c rims
**UPDATEDNow in stock are a new range of Alex rims. They are 700c only, in both 40 and 48 hole. The deeper section gives greater heat dissipation and they look good too.
Published Saturday 27 August 2011, Updated Tuesday 27 September 2011

Canals, cheese, cherries, cycles – a family tandem tour in Holland
**UPDATEDOur son hits six years old – so it must be time for our first proper family cycling tour. The set up is, a Dawes Kalantar tandem with kiddie cranks fitted to the back, for Dad and son, and me (mum) trailing along behind on my trusty solo. We have a bob trailer, a veteran of 200 miles round New Zealand’s south island, for our luggage. In theory the trailer can go behind either bike, but in practice, on the flat cycle paths of Holland, it goes behind the tandem, creating a very long vehicle that hangs out over tram tracks at junctions in towns!

Published Sunday 18 September 2011, Updated Monday 19 September 2011

Cycling Back to Gargrave
**UPDATEDIt all seemed so easy in theory – well perhaps not so easy. The idea was to do parts of the Yorkshire Dales Cycleway in a loop from home in Middlesbrough, in the process returning our new Orbit tandem to JD Tandems for its first service, requiring only a modest diversion to Gargrave. This was also to be our first retirement adventure to be enjoyed whilst the September weather and early autumn colours would add to the experience. The planned route from home took in Richmond, then Swaledale before crossing over to Wensleydale to stay the second night in Hawes. From there we would go via Dentdale and Ingleton to Clapham for the third night’s stay. All of this was intended as a prelude to the fourth day, which was always going to be the hardest of the trip, from Gargrave to near Leyburn. However, Hurricane Katia intervened to make life more interesting and certainly more tiring.

Published Monday 19 September 2011, Updated Monday 19 September 2011

Autumn Cycleshow at NEC
**UPDATEDJD Tandems will be exhibiting 5 of our 7 tandem brands at the NEC at the end of September.
Published Saturday 27 August 2011, Updated Friday 9 September 2011

Malham Show & Trailquest Saturday 27th August 2011
A highlight of the year around these parts, is Malham Show held on the last Saturday in August. Amongst the very many things to do and see is a Trailquest, and they even have a tandem class!
Published Tuesday 5 July 2011