Originally Posted by Red Rider
What do you mean, "It's not just a wife, it's a stoker!"? Don't you mean "she"?
Sorry...as a wife and stoker, that just rubbed me the wrong way...like pair of ill-fitting shorts on a hot, humid day.
Sounds like you have potential, though. Props to your wife/stoker for taking on the challenge. I hope you have many more happy rides two-gether.
Sorry, RR. My weird sense of humor was acting up again. The purposeful objectification was meant to be obvious and therefore funny. I joke "on the straight" as they say. It's only funny because it's so true in this country. One of the many reasons I refuse to enter shopping malls unless forced to by necessity. Stoker enjoyed the joke, anyway, and that's all that matters to me. Sorry again, RR.
Thinking about the IP/OOP debate on here, what I like about riding IP is the communication. We each can feel each other's pedaling. And speaking of that, we are butter smooth together on the flat, but when we climb I can feel her surge a bit, just before my power stroke. I guess she has the better technique. I'll have to try to improve.
I don't think she sees it as a challenge, rather an opportunity. Another hour a day together is not a bad thing. I'm looking forward to our first flat.