Having only had the Mashley Tandem for so long I know just as much I can read.
This was a great read. >From Bill McCready of Santana Tandems. http://www.precisiontandems.com/artpropermethod.htm On Monday, July 20, 2015 at 5:10:21 PM UTC-7, Eunice Chang wrote: > > This might be somewhat OT, but I thought I would ask the few of you who > are tandem captains what advice you would give to a new captain. It has > been a while... > > A charity ride is coming up this Saturday, and it's at night, and since > I'm night-blind, a friend of mine has offered to captain the tandem. I > fixed one up, and we rode around a few times. > Here's what I know: > > On starting: > -captain gets on first, feet on ground > -stoker gets on, puts feet on pedal > -captain starts > > On stopping: > -captain puts feet down first? > -stoker puts feet down, and gets off > -captain gets off > > On turning: > both lean, right? > > Part of the problem is that my friend is shorter than I am by 2-4 inches, > which may influence her handling. We have no problem riding around, just > not so great on starting and stopping. > > Thanks in advance for any advice! > -E. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
