> Hello,
>
> The wife and I have a tandem bike and the kids have their own mountain
> bikes. Do you think a Paulchen Rack would accommodate three such bikes? I=
f
> not what would be best? A roof rack perhaps?
>
> Thanks in advance.

You would not be able to carry a tandem on a paulchen, tandems are very
long.  A tandem is longer than the width of the van
and you don't want the bike sticking out beyond the sides.

Just fyi, I've built a few tandem bike carriers for vanagons. The bike is
carried vertically on the rear door.
My Tandem carriers have been used on passenger vans, westys and
adventurewagens.

http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/4bike/tandem/tandem.htm

Gary Lee
www.vwrack.com