Originally Posted by
cg1985
Part of the problem is she's riding an EXTREMELY highly geared single speed bike. It's her brother in law's bike. He's the same height she is, so the fit is pretty close. But she just gets tired. She is getting her own bike built by her dad, but wont likely be ready for a little while.
I try to go at a much more relaxed pace, I try to let her lead, but I often times get ahead of her, (usually because we ride side by side, and when a car comes, I speed up to get in front of her.)
I'm sure this is dependent on the situation but as far as I can recall I always drop back when I'm riding side by side with my wife when the car is coming from the rear. If the car is coming towards us it hasn't usually been neccessary to move or much of an issue.
A) Puts her in front and in control of the speed
B) Puts me in the rear since I have a more noticable self and ride.
C) Puts me in the rear between her and said car
D) Puts her in my field of vision instead of me in hers
Long ago she got a BikeE which is a slow compact long wheel based recumbent and that bike was slooooow. I just couldnt' ride with her that well on my commuter bike so since I planned on riding with her a long time I went out and found a BikeE of my own. It was much easier to ride with her on the same type of bike. If you both had fixed gears perhaps you could keep an easy even pace and get some fixed gear training (spin) in at the same time?