I purchased my first custom tandem the year Co-Mo was founded from a small custom builder whose day job was as an engineer. Interestingly enough, he had a bias towards allowing the larger rider to ride stoker, which ended up being perfect for us since my smaller partner is prone to motion sickness.

Eventually, while living in Eugene, I decided I wanted another tandem. Unfortunately, Co-Mo doesn't do true custom, just small variations on their stock designs and that wouldn't work for us. They simply don't have the engineering expertise to vary much from established geometries. Lucky for me, R+E in Seattle has just that expertise and was able to make just what I wanted. They even cleverly repaired my old tandem frame, which is now used to ride with my grand-daughters.

Add in Land Shark and his custom carbon fiber tandems down in Talent, and Bike Friday here in Eugene and we really have an embarrassment of riches in terms of tandem builders in the PNW.