When I first introduced my wife to the tandem she wouldn’t lean with me in the corners but would lean the opposite way because it just felt so strange. Getting synchronized to start together only took a few times with count downs until it became second nature. Since she wasn’t nearly as strong, getting her and the bike up long climbs at 5-8% made me much stronger, like doing maximum weight workouts. After 6 months she totally trusted me and we would regularly fly down a half mile hill by our house at 45 with her yelling Woohoo! She loved going fast. During year two we did a century, actually at 98 miler, so we rode around our neighborhood about 5 times to hit 100. We rode for four years together and she really loved it, but I still dreaded hill climbing with her. Year 5 she had her right knee replaced and riding the tandem was painful so the bike was retired. Sold it this last summer after hanging unused in the garage for 5 years. Very sad to see it go.