Originally Posted by TandemGeek

<snip of some depressurization>

Let me be clear here. While tandems aren't that complex, they are decidedly different than solo bikes. Therefore, while someone may have TONS of solo bike experience, much of it is meaningless when it comes to offering objective critiques and recommendations on wheels or anything else regarding a tandem bicycle... That is unless you happen to weigh over 300 hundred pounds, generate in excess of two-times the normal wattage of a solo cyclist, and your solo bikes have a wheelbase that's 1.8x longer than normal that put massive amounts of torque, vertical loads, as well as massive cornering or side loads on your wheels during sprints, out of the saddle climbs, and under other demanding conditions. Of course, it would also help if you occasionally had a problem with "bouncing” on your saddle when you pedal as you'd find out yet another interesting cause for rear wheel spoke breakage on tandems.