Originally Posted by
ptabakaru
Thanks Prathmann, I like that...she has a neural muscular disorder that is debilitating but not crippling, she can pedal but she no longer has the balance to ride anymore. plus she will have to be able to stop pedaling to rest, I don't know enough about tandem bikes, is the secondary person able to stop pedaling and coast or will the pedals keep turning as long as the primary is pedaling, or visa-versa?
AIRC on the Viewpoint there's an option so the stoker (person in front on this bike) can coast even if the captain is pedaling, but I think if the stoker is pedaling then the captain must do so as well.
Davinci bikes are more traditional tandems that also allow independent coasting by the stoker.