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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 27, 2012 - 11:11pm PT
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I'm serious , I live in Menlo Park , the 3rd yuppiest suburb in the Bay Area . People ride around on carbon fiber bikes that cost more than all the vehicles I've ever owned combined. They take road biking really serious around here... And then there is the tandem bike ...
What is the appeal ? Are they faster , more efficient ? I mean how close do you need your head to be to your partner's ass crack ? It just looks so goofy and precious that there has to be some advantage or benefit that I can't see. Even unicycler's scoff at tandem bikers right ?
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Kenygl
Trad climber
Salt Lake City
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Aug 27, 2012 - 11:16pm PT
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A) you live in Menlo Park for christ sakes, who are you to judge?
There is no B)
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 27, 2012 - 11:22pm PT
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A shy less nerdy than Nordic Walking but in the same ballpark.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
los gatos. ca
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Aug 27, 2012 - 11:25pm PT
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It's about one thing, and one thing only
and that is having your lady along for the ride
Yep
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Aug 27, 2012 - 11:39pm PT
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These aren't bad
but otherwise I call them divorce cycles
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Aug 27, 2012 - 11:45pm PT
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Definitely a chick thing. My limited experiece involved a short trip with a drunk lady. I did most of the work
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crasic
climber
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Aug 27, 2012 - 11:46pm PT
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unless you get a tandem with one of them fancy independent transmission drives expect to be the one doing 100% of the pushing.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Aug 28, 2012 - 01:14am PT
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To answer your question yes.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Aug 28, 2012 - 01:36am PT
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Y'all need a little more romance in your lives.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Some friends even got married on a bicycle built for two.
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matisse
climber
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Aug 28, 2012 - 01:37am PT
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I dunno. They can go really really fast -on the flats and downhill.. Years ago I maxed out my cyclocomputer at 99 kph drafting a bunch of Paralympics dudes downhill and I still got shelled off the back
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Aug 28, 2012 - 02:06am PT
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When I was a tech we called them the divorce horse.
Quite happy on my own ride while the better half trucks along on her own wheels.
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Some Random Guy
Trad climber
San Franpsycho (a.k.a. a token of my extreme)
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Aug 28, 2012 - 02:39am PT
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well at least the second can get off and push....maybe the only advantage
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mynameismud
climber
backseat
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Aug 28, 2012 - 03:16am PT
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I know a couple that has a tandem and they crush.
I rode a tandem once and the one thing I can say is if there are two people that work together on one of those things you can really haul ass.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Aug 28, 2012 - 03:42am PT
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Question is do the ones in the back like it in the rear?
And if it's your wife...well never mind.
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scuffy b
climber
heading slowly NNW
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Aug 28, 2012 - 11:29am PT
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I've been on some great rides on a tandem, as the stoker and as captain,
with a variety of partners.
Unless your are riding with someone who is really minimal as a rider, the
overwhelmingly common impression is something like this:
"Hey, does is feel like you're doing all the work?" "No, it feels like
you are."
And they are really fast on the flats.
EDIT:
in response to the OP question, nothing is as dopey as it looks.
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karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Aug 28, 2012 - 11:33am PT
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My girlfriend and I just got one for burning man, fun as hell riding around together, but we're not serious cyclists, just a couple who likes cruisin around together.
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TwistedCrank
climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
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Aug 28, 2012 - 11:41am PT
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Depends on how much you like the smell of "gas".
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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Aug 28, 2012 - 11:51am PT
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Delhi Dog, you have convinced me I never need to try this! Thanks for the vids, highly entertaining!
Tis bettah to vatch dis strench goings on, yah?
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