General Cycling Discussion - pretty lazy if you ask me...

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timmhaan
07-10-04, 09:11 PM
today on my ride i saw 2 different men riding tandems while a woman was on the back with her feet up! i also saw 2 more instances of men riding while a woman was seated on the frame. and i saw 1 where a guy was sitting while his girlfriend was out of the saddle pedaling! i wish i could get a free ride once in a while :)

OregonBound
07-10-04, 10:00 PM
Your point?
slvoid
07-10-04, 10:57 PM
i wish i could get a free ride once in a while :)

That's called drafting. :p
And if you ever see me in the park, feel free, cause I get a slight aerodynamic push too.

operator
07-10-04, 11:22 PM
And if you ever see me in the park, feel free, cause I get a slight aerodynamic push too.

No problem.
roadfix
07-10-04, 11:39 PM
When I'm not cycling, I'm driving my humongous SUV...
slvoid
07-11-04, 07:07 AM
No problem.

Uh, we live 800 miles away... no weekend rides together for us. :p
timmhaan
07-11-04, 08:40 AM
Your point?


no point paul, i'm just sharing a humourous (to me) observation i saw on my ride today. it's funny to see grown adults doing stuff like this.
Retro Grouch
07-11-04, 12:08 PM
today on my ride i saw 2 different men riding tandems while a woman was on the back with her feet up! i also saw 2 more instances of men riding while a woman was seated on the frame. and i saw 1 where a guy was sitting while his girlfriend was out of the saddle pedaling! i wish i could get a free ride once in a while :)

That's a lot of tandems to see on one ride. Where were you? What were all of those tandem riders doing?
slvoid
07-11-04, 12:17 PM
That's a lot of tandems to see on one ride. Where were you? What were all of those tandem riders doing?

Lots of people in NYC. :)
Retro Grouch
07-11-04, 03:26 PM
Lots of people in NYC. :)

So that explains it then. You never see lazy tandem riders here in the midwest. Everybody does their share.
zonatandem
07-11-04, 03:35 PM
Attend a tandem rally sometime . . . have ridden with over 600 other tandems!
Pedal on 2-gether!
Rudy & Kay/Zona tandem
55/Rad
07-11-04, 03:45 PM
So that explains it then. You never see lazy tandem riders here in the midwest. Everybody does their share.
That's why the divorce rate is so low there.

55/Rad
Retro Grouch
07-11-04, 05:03 PM
Attend a tandem rally sometime . . . have ridden with over 600 other tandems!
Pedal on 2-gether!
Rudy & Kay/Zona tandem


Yeah, we had 660 or so teams at the Midwest Tandem Rally in Dublin, Ohio. (No loafers). I couldn't ride that year because I had seriously broken my collar bone so my wife and I sagged the route and hung out with our friends at the hotel. We have our hotel reserved, but haven't sent in our registration yet for Columbus, In.
timmhaan
07-11-04, 05:15 PM
Yeah, we had 660 or so teams at the Midwest Tandem Rally in Dublin, Ohio. (No loafers). I couldn't ride that year because I had seriously broken my collar bone so my wife and I sagged the route and hung out with our friends at the hotel. We have our hotel reserved, but haven't sent in our registration yet for Columbus, In.

too bad about the collar bone. that tandem rally sounds like a lot fun. is it a group ride, or a race?