Originally Posted by
jtexfisher
Is there anything special about racks for tandems?
Are you asking about a bike rack to mount on your car for transporting your tandem, or a bike rack that you mount panniers/bags on?
If we're talking about the ones that go on your bike. Not particularly. In as much as there is a continuum of what you can spend on a rack and at some point, your return in weight savings vs. load carrying capacity max out. In short, there are good racks, and there are bad racks.
If you're talking about the kind you mount on your car, then yes. Both the RockyMounts system and the Yakama systems have a pivoting fork mount that allows for a single individual to load the tandem on. Also, both systems are commensurately longer than their single brethren.