Seeing a tandem on the road isn't quite as rare as a UFO sighting. But it's uncommon enough that I tend to remember it for a while.
Therefore, I feel confident in saying this: Every time I've seen a man and a woman riding a tandem, the man was the "captain" (in front) while the woman rode as the "stoker" behind him.
I confess that when I was a man and rode a tandem with a woman, I also took the front seat. However, there was a very good reason for that: She was blind.
Most men, though, don't have such a rationale. They might argue that they have another: Most of them are taller than their wives, girlfriends, daughters or other females who ride with them. Now that I think of it, I wonder what Tammy and I would have done if we'd ridden a tandem: She stood three inches (7.5 cm) taller than me but, as athletic as she was, I was still the stronger rider.
Which of us would have been the "captain" of this tandem?:
Therefore, I feel confident in saying this: Every time I've seen a man and a woman riding a tandem, the man was the "captain" (in front) while the woman rode as the "stoker" behind him.
I confess that when I was a man and rode a tandem with a woman, I also took the front seat. However, there was a very good reason for that: She was blind.
Most men, though, don't have such a rationale. They might argue that they have another: Most of them are taller than their wives, girlfriends, daughters or other females who ride with them. Now that I think of it, I wonder what Tammy and I would have done if we'd ridden a tandem: She stood three inches (7.5 cm) taller than me but, as athletic as she was, I was still the stronger rider.
Which of us would have been the "captain" of this tandem?:
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| 1996 Coventry Quadracycle For Two |
