Originally Posted by
droopayne
awesome i so want that! it's hard to get gearing info when you're on a triple and your rear stoker is 8yo and too busy singing made up songs to the tune of Jingle Bells.
When we started tandem riding I tried to count the gears in back and always know where we were without looking. This worked ok but now I just remember the front ring location and shift the rear as needed to maintain our desired cadence range.
I learned the speed ranges of each front ring. For example our middle ring will normally cover from 10-21 mph using the entire (12-25) cassette. I consider the current speed and front ring being used and then decide if a front ring change is needed for the upcoming terrain. Then as we move forward just shift the back as needed keeping an eye on the speed. When we get up to to 18-20 mph I start thinking about the big ring.