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So we bought the tandem
Is the husband *always* captain ? I understand it conforms to the usage of
the male more often driving the car or assuming (apparent) leadership,... But I am still surprised to see that in practically all reports I read on tandeming there is practically none where the husband is stoker and the wife captain. Since the male is often the larger/heavier rider, bike fitting is simplified and handling of the tandem (starting/stopping and to a lesser extent steering) are better suited to having the larger/heavier rider as captain. This topic came up recently on the tandem e-mail list, and while the vast majority of mixed teams had male captains, quite a few women captain's participated in the discussion. Chris Neary Chris & Tracey 1999 Co-Motion Speedster |
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AustinMN wrote:
:: Roger Zoul wrote: ::: Claire Petersky wrote: ::: . ::::: o Our speed was totally kick ass. We were cruising along, at an ::::: effort that would have produced in our mutual estimations about 17 ::::: mph in him and 15 in me, but I know we were going probably 22 at a ::::: minimum. We rode past a couple of This Is Your Speed signs ::::: (speeding along the lake is a real problem), and were at 17 mph ::::: on an uphill stretch, and 25 on a flat. Maybe we'll eventually ::::: buy a computer for it. ::: ::: Get a computer, cheapo! :: :: even worse stuff snipped :: :: Somehow, flaming Claire comes across to me a little bit like flaming :: Mother Theresa. There's no reason to, and everybody knows only an :: ignorant jackass would do it. That's not a flame, it was suggestion, jackass! :: :: Austin |
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David Reuteler wrote:
:: AustinMN wrote: ::: Somehow, flaming Claire comes across to me a little bit like ::: flaming Mother Theresa. There's no reason to, and everybody knows ::: only an ignorant jackass would do it. :: :: i kinda like it when people flame claire. her replies get funnier :: and :: better with the intensity of the flame so knock yourself out. i'm :: sure :: she can take a challenge. i could use a laugh. :: :: i don't think the flame in question really was, tho. possibly in :: poor :: taste but it didn't read like a proper flame to me. i'd be much more :: irritated at being compared to a religious character myself. why did it even seem like a flame? She even commented about getting a computer, I was just encouraging her along that path, since i find them fun. |
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David Reuteler wrote:
Roger Zoul wrote: That's not a flame, it was suggestion, jackass! see now, that's a flame. No it's not, I deserved it. Austin -- I'm pedaling as fast as I durn well please! There are no X characters in my address |
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Jacques Moser wrote:
Is the husband *always* captain ? I understand it conforms to the usage of the male more often driving the car or assuming (apparent) leadership,... But I am still surprised to see that in practically all reports I read on tandeming there is practically none where the husband is stoker and the wife captain. Ok, no problem with me, I prefer being captain, but I would expect women to challenge us more than this. Well, for my wife and I, I do captain. For many reasons, such as, I'm much taller/heavier, I'm stronger, I have several orders of magnitude more time on the bicycle than she does, etc. It would be basically be unsafe for her to captain our tandem. As for driving the car, my wife does all the driving unless she's ill or very tired. She tends to get motionsick unless she is driving, and I confess I don't like to drive. -- Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g "If its sinful, it's more fun." |
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Claire Petersky wrote:
Notes: o My husband's used to riding at a higher cadence than me. Maybe it's just as well I get used to that. My regular cadence is a little fast for my wife, but she pronounced it as reasonable. When I started spinning up for downhills and to try and pickup speed she was very quickly convinced she needed clipless. o He'll eventually learn to warn me when he decides he's going to coast, or suddenly start pedaling again. Especially since the suddenly start pedaling again thing could have potentially damaging consequences to my crotch. We're working on this skill. We've only managed to get out three times now (including this weekend). We took a spin over to Mercer Island for a children's event. o Our speed was totally kick ass. We were cruising along, at an effort that would have produced in our mutual estimations about 17 mph in him and 15 in me, but I know we were going probably 22 at a minimum. We rode past a couple of This Is Your Speed signs (speeding along the lake is a real problem), and were at 17 mph on an uphill stretch, and 25 on a flat. Maybe we'll eventually buy a computer for it. I'm really hating the speedo that came with the tandem. It doesn't do automatic stop/start, which all the others I have do. Our speeds are not nearly as nice as yours, but then my wife is not a regular cyclist (and she does have the rather good excuse of being 24 weeks pregnant Still, we go considerably faster than if we were constrained by her being on a single. o I'm close enough to him to *smell* him. And this was on only a 15 mile thing largely in the late afternoon shade. Makes me wonder if we'll really do the Flying Wheels Century together on that thing. He'll be pretty ripe on a summer's day after a hundred miles. Heh. I don't think this has come up yet. I'll have to show her your post. o Amusingly, I can literally kiss his ass, especially on downhills in a tuck. Heh. Heh. I haven't received any smooches, but someone does occasionally develop wandering hands. Of course, she claims it just to place gloves in my back pockets... o It's easier for me to reach the water bottle when tucked into his back jersey pocket than on the bike. Maybe after we both feel more confident on the thing, we can reach down for waterbottles, but we're not quite there yet. Tina is having some problems with this, but our balancing does seem to be getting smoother. Our starting is noticably better now. Oh, and congrats on the new bike! -- Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g "Heck was created for those who refuse to believe in Gosh." |
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o He'll eventually learn to warn me when he decides he's going to coast, or
suddenly start pedaling again. Especially since the suddenly start pedaling again thing could have potentially damaging consequences to my crotch. Likely he will eventually learn to subtlety decrease/increase power as a cue for you to do the same. Chris Neary Chris & Tracey 1999 Co-Motion Speedster |
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"Roger Zoul" wrote in message
... ::: Get a computer, cheapo! Since we had ownership of the bicycle for less than 24 hours, you may want to excuse us for not having installed every component we would like the bike to have. That's not a flame, it was suggestion, jackass! My, my, such language. And in mixed company, too. I appreciate AustinMN chivalrously standing up for me, but really, there was no offence taken. Warm Regards, Claire Petersky Please replace earthlink for mouse-potato and .net for .com Home of the meditative cyclist: http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky |
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