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Santana ®
Santana is the world's leading manufacturer of high-end tandems. Starting in the late 1970s under the leadership of Bill McCready, Santana virtually re-invented the tandem, which had been in decline since the Second World War. Before Santana came onto the scene, there had been low-quality nass-produced American tandems, mediocre mass-produced French ones and a few high-grade custom ones from English and European makers. Santana undertook a major rethinking of tandem design. A major contribution was to discard the idea that a tandem should be as much like a solo bike as possible, with a short wheelbase for good handling. By increasing the room for the stoker, Santana made the tandem much more pleasant to ride. Also, Santana placed a premium on torsional frame stiffness, which is heavily tested in a tandem, and pioneered in assembling top-quality components and sourcing special items such as 48-spoke hubs and rims that made for reliable wheels.
