Originally Posted by
Hermes
... My question is how do your stokers compare with you when you climb together on singles.
I don't know because we've never ridden together on singles. Based on her power to weight ratio I'm sure shes a very good climber. I climb like a guy who weighs 230lbs climbs.
(I'm a few minutes slower than the Cat 1 guys...)
Originally Posted by
Hermes
Climbing and TT races is where the action is. If your stokers' power to weight is equal or better than yours, I would not worry about it. At your size, your power may dominate (even if their power to weight is better than yours) such that you do not feel their power.
We climb quite well on the tandem. I think you hit on the power differential though. She only weighs 115lbs. While she is a professional athlete and for her size she is very strong, she just doesn't have the horsepower to match mine. She was partially picked to be my stoker because with her light weight we figured it would help get us up the mountains faster.