Colotandem, cool insight into how it began. Our first tandem ride was rented tandem in Washington DC for an afternoon. Ultimately though, we started in the dirt, and a road tandem came later. The road tandem was the first road riding my stoker / bride had and has ever ridden.

Taken from your post...
"We're hooked on the offroad thing. You can go to some amazing places and my wife would never experience the singletrack that we ride on her own. And as AKExpress noted, you get LOTS of attention on the moutain tandem. It's a great time! Many of the lady mountain bikers tend to say, "You sure must trust him, I'd never get on the back of one of those with my husband"!!! "

100% true for this team.

AKExpress, we are planning our vacation days / rides for 2013, I need to email Rick at RTR about trails up there. Do you have any recommendations or should we plan trip(s) in the lower 48.

PK