I am sure Jim knows well where of he speaks, so I count my wife and I as very lucky to have gotten a used tandem that suits us fairly well for far less than 5k, and through RBW no less. What I don't get though, is why virtually no "enthusiastic" husbands seem to let their wives drive. I can see over/around my wife better than she can me, and I think she appreciates being able to drive more than I miss it. I have read that there are tandem riding couples were the guy is the stoker, but I have yet to see one on the road.
On Friday, February 7, 2014 2:06:37 AM UTC-8, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > I have seen a lot of men spend a lot of futile money trying to get their > wives on a tandem. As others have mentioned, the fit issues are often a > real compromise (at best). Unless you're willing to pony up $5000-plus for > a custom, your odds of finding a tandem that is comfortable for both of you > is pretty slim. You can buy a quality used tandem for a song (from a > formerly enthusiastic husband), and then spend many years and thousands of > dollars trying to get it to fit. If you do that, you'll probably have to > let go of your Rivendell aesthetic sensibilities and open yourself up to > some new options for handlebars, etc. > > Tandems are not something you can dive into casually or cheaply and expect > good results. Both husband and wife need to be fully on-board with the > idea. If the stoker/wife is lukewarm on the idea, no amount of enthusiasm > from the captain will make it work. > -- 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/groups/opt_out.
