A Muzi wrote in message ...
Carl Fogel wrote:

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Here's a stray question to emphasize the depth of my
ignorance: are there fixed-gear tandems? If so, do
they use a different gear--higher or lower--than
either rider would normally use?
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Traditionally, the only competitive tandem event is on the
track. Gearing used to be 46x16. (I haven't kept up with that.)

Dear Andrew,

I hope that you enjoy my naive questions
as much as I enjoy your answers. Honest
to God, they're racing fixed gear tandems
around tracks? I love it.

I have a vision of two tandems warily
jockeying for position on a banked wooden
oval, doing semi-trackstands and eyeing
each other like gunfighters in a bad
Western.

I suppose that it's not like this really,
but please don't spoil my fantasy.

Thanks,

Carl Fogel