Susan B. Anthony remarked that the bicycle did more than anything else to liberate women.
Sometimes I wonder what she would have made of couples on tandems. Almost any time I've seen a male-female riding duo, the male is in the front, or "captain's" position and the female is in the rear. That means the man/boy is steering and, depending on how much input he gets or takes from his partner, is determining the course of the ride.
Is there any way to correct that imbalance?
If both riders had the same skills, one or the other can be either captain or stoker.
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