Wrench
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Somerville, MA
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Bikes: A Moser, a Colnago, a Miyata 1000 LT, 'couple Fujis, a Ryan Vanguard, a Raleigh Sports, 1992 Trek 990 with a Fox F80 (!), and a 1994 Burley Duet, among others.
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I regularly pilot our Burley Duet sans stoker 10 miles to pick up my wife from her shop. I find it very enjoyable and relaxing, and also gives me time to bond with the cycle in ways that might annoy my stoker such as experimenting to find the limits of cross-chaining, etc.
I don't really find it to be significantly slower than say my 1990 Miyata 1000 LT, and I'm about 30% slower than riding with my stoker.
The only caveat is that I must be much more careful to not pedal strike the stoker pedal; riding sans stoker I tend to pedal through corners as I do (must!) on when riding fixed....