Originally Posted by
SoCaled
Thinking about just collecting tandems, seems like a much more affordable hobby, I could have a stable of great builders for a song . . . but then I would have to make loops past the sidewalk cafes, with an empty seat, until I found a stoker! - paraphrase in italics borrowed from a BF previous post on tandems - can't remember who posted it, but it cracked me up at the time
That was probably me but "great builders" never entered the picture. I call riding a tandem when solo "trolling" because it
can result in picking up a passenger for the remainder of the ride. Woo Girls are particularly good specimens (speciwomens?
https://www.urbandictionary.com/defi...erm=Woo%20Girl). I had a yellow Schwinn DeLuxe Twinn, whose funky charm was probably an asset, whereas a "good" bike might be less effective.
