Hi all,

I have been happily riding tandems for the past decade. When I ride my half bike with groups, I often marvel at others who track stand with ease at any light of almost any duration. This fall my wife and I participated in a local charity ride with about half a dozen other tandems and I was astounded that one of the tandem teams did track stands at every red light. Of course we asked about it, and the stoker seemed to rightly have supreme confidence in the captain, who obviously was confident in his abilities as well. Sadly we had a flat near the end of that ride and did not reconnect with this team to discuss it more after the ride. I was truly impressed at the time, and still am today. I know there are many of you who have more bike skills than I do. How many of you do track stands on your tandem? Is it significantly different from doing them on your half bike?

I know I will never be trying this, but I am curious to learn more.

Best wishes,

DMT

Santana Arriva, Cannondale Road Tandem, Santana Quad, half bikes, and unicycles too.