Originally Posted by NewbieIATandem
Great thing for good relationships, terrible thing for bad relationships. Kind of forces togetherness.
+1 lol.
I'm currently engaged and one of the semi-tests was whether a tandem would work for us or not. It ended up working great and it's something we both look forward to riding. Problem with tandems is that it also requires cooperation between the two riders' schedules (physiological and time-wise).
The stoker retains a lot of command although the captain does the actual steering and shifting. It is sort of like chess - the Captain is King, the stoker is Queen. You can't play without a King but the Queen is a mighty powerful force on the board.
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