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Tandem Time Trialing

We did the local time trial series on the Tandem last night. I'm finding I like time trialing on the tandem better than on my single bike.

The teamwork aspect of it is rewarding, the shared suffering and support helps, and you're not fully accountable yourself for a bad time.

No other tandems were there, so no apples to apples comparison, but we did have the second fastest time (although the guy with the best time, a local Cat 1 with the course record, put a minute on us.)

We ended up at 14:52 for the 6.5 mile course.

The rest of you that time trial on your tandems, thoughts about aero set up on the tandem, wheels and other equipment, pacing, any other issues unique to time trialing on the tandem?
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