​We found two scrap frames and decided to weld them together to make a tandem! We were funded by MIT's independent project fund, ProjX, so we showcased our bicycle at the ProjX event and won an "audience favorite" prize based on some votes from our friends...

We made a 20 speed bike (ten gears on the back and two on the front) and then we had a synchronizer chain so we could pedal together. We picked up a lot of our used parts at community bike shops around the Cambridge area, which was pretty awesome (brakes, seats, fork etc.).

When we set out, we just decided to head west! Eventually we made it to Seattle with Little Nelson (our bike) totally in tact. We saw all sorts of awesome things along the way (a few of the many many pictures are below), showing the process from building to riding to hitting the ocean!