Originally Posted by
ncbikers
One of the things that has encouraged us to look into tandems is all the pictures of “Happy Tandem Couples” posted in this forum. The pictures make it look like fun and who doesn’t like fun.
We have a lot of fun and I think most of the posts you'll receive here will confirm that. There is one caveat however, most of the posters here come from successful tandem teams, the unsuccessful teams aren't likely to be here posting. We know a serious cycling couple that can't ride a tandem, it just doesn't work for them so they continue to ride singles. The bottom line is you have to try it to see if it works for you.
As for speed we are faster up, down and flat on our tandem. In our situation the tandem is a faster "road" hybrid than our "trail" hybrid singles.