Thanks folks! Truth is... my wife and I were just getting into our new "los dos" tandem riding it along the many wonderful bike trails nearby the fox river in Illinois when we had an opportunity to relo to Hong Kong for a couple of years. We most recently have ended up in beautiful Danville, CA which is a cycling mecca and are both motivated to get back into riding it. Problem is that the riding here in Danville is mostly road riding and mountain road riding with long asents and desents. I love it on a single but I'm worried about climbing 2000 plus feet in elevation up Mount Diablo on a fat tire bike and then dealing with slow decents coming down the same. $'s are an issue as you would expect the mortgage is a little higher than one would expect in Iowa. Enough rambling... the "Los Dos" has very few miles on it but seems like it would quickly lose it's appeal going on long road rides or climbs versus a road machine.