Fun. Not a great bike, but a good value and works fine. Plan on a couple hours to assemble. I also tightened the brakes 1/4-1/2". A tandem is a great idea for that age kid who is too big for a bike seat and not quite skilled enough to navigate traffic safely yet, and you still gotta get 'em to school. Ride a bike!

My 18 year old son came home to the box of this bike in the driveway after being gone all weekend. He said, "I've always wanted a tandem bike." He was so excited. He put it together with his 12 year old sister the next day and they have all had the best of times riding it around. It was easy to assemble. It works perfectly. We love it. We love the color. We love how easy it is to ride. The quality is great! Our kids couldn't be happier about having a tandem bike finally.

Bike went together pretty easily until I went to put the pedals on. The rear left pedal (it is reverse threaded) would not go on. I looked at it and saw that the starting threads were messed up. I tried putting the pedal on from the opposite side hoping the threads of the pedal would reach the threads all the way through to no luck. I ended up being very patient and using files and screw drivers to rework the threads so that the pedal would go on. We were also missing the nut and curved washer that was necessary to put the front fender on. I ended up using a rubber grommet and a nut that I had around the shop to put on it. Other than that, it is a beautiful bike. Me and misses love it and have rode it regularly.

Didn't take very long to assemble. Most tandem bikes I saw were around $700+ so this was definitely good for the price. Didn't realize the individual in the back had control of the breaks.

This bike is BEAUTIFUL!!! Just got it today and took it for a quick spin around the neighborhood with my wife, this was the birthday gift I got her. I'll jump right in and give you my first impressions.

PROS:
- Its extremely sturdy and well built. I'm actually shocked at the quality of the frame and the components. Thick down tubes and good welds everywhere, I think I'm going to get years of use from this bad boy.
- It comes nearly fully assembled. Start to finish, it took me less than an hour to put it together. They've done most of the tricky stuff and you really just have to situate the front tire, the seats and the handle bars.
- Super wide tires. I plan on keeping this at our shore house because it doesn't have gears and flat ground is where this thing needs to be. The wide, white wall tires are gonna be perfect for the occasional patch of sand and I shouldn't get bogged down, that's just a bad accident waiting to happen with two people on a bike when you lose control of the front tire. These fatties should cruise right over.
- The paint is perfect. No low spots or missed coverage. In fact, even the handle bars, seat posts and all other metal pieces I can see have been coated, there's no bare metal anywhere. This should keep visible rust at bay and keep the entire bike looking sharp for a long time.
- I'm a big guy, 6'3, 200 pounds, and I'm very comfortable on this bike. I was able to raise the seat pretty high and the handle bars come back to you pretty far so you'll be seated completely upright and look like royalty as you glide down the road.
- The kickstand. Trust me, it's perfect.

CONS:
- No tools included. You don't need a lot, but if you don't have Allen wrenches in your aresenal, you're going to need to get your hands on some (add them to your order, they don't take up a lot of space in a junk drawer and you'll be surprised how much you use them for other things). You're also going to need a few, different sized wrenches. I think the manufacturer should have included these specific items in the set, but I'm guessing their exclusion lends to the lower price of the bike.
- The pedals. They're great looking out of the box, but aside from the post being metal, the pedal itself is plactic. I forsee this plastic getting brittle over time and snapping off. I'll eventually upgrade mine anyways. If you swap yours out, be mindful that the width of the screw is SMALLER on the rear crankset. If you put this bike together, you'll know what I mean.

That's it, the pros far outweigh the cons.
For the money, you'll be hard pressed to find something of this quality without spending hundreds more.