who rides your tandem

[biggs682]

as we all know tandems can be ridden solo but are best ridden by 2 hence the name , so who is your regular partner , mine is my daughter

 

[alans]

my grand daughter

 

[growingvegetables]

Was my daughter - but she's long since had her own bike. Logic tells me to get rid of it - but I'm very good at persuading myself to keep it for putative grand kids!

 

[machew]

A jumper for the captain of a tandem to wear (link)

 

[biggs682]

machew i like that but it should ' she has jumped off '

 

[simon.r]

No one yet, I'm waiting for it to stop raining! GF is not a regular cyclist and I'll put her off for life if we get wet on the first proper ride

The last one was mainly ridden with my daughter:

 

[biggs682]

just done our annual local 16 mile charity ride , it was a great day for riding only complaint same route as last year

 

[biggs682]

must admit i was tempted to volunteer to take a blind person out on ours , but time is tight as busy family life etc etc , poor excuse i know

 

[rvw]

Both our tandems have my other half on the front and me on the back.

 

[biggs682]

thats the way they use to be ridden according to my father as that whey the man can keep the female under close watchfull eye

 

[david1701]

must admit i was tempted to volunteer to take a blind person out on ours , but time is tight as busy family life etc etc , poor excuse i know

Don't let them have steering job

 

[srw]

thats the way they use to be ridden according to my father as that whey the man can keep the female under close watchfull eye

You just might be making a false assumption there, Mr Biggs.

 

[Tim Hall]

What, he's assumed you've got a Pino?

 

[Butterfly]

On our Dawes Super Galaxy, clarion goes on the front and I go on the back (TGL used to as well but no longer stokes.)

On my Circe Helios I go on the front and clarion, TGL, charge 1, charge2 (I'm a nanny), forummer's daughter, her friends, other forummer or anyone I can convince or no one at all goes on the back. I commute on it solo.

I'm a tandem tart!

 

[stoatsngroats]

My partner at the back, as rear engined, front steer is apparently better than front engined with rear steer!! )