I am a tandem virgin no more...

A friend of mine picked up the 2005 Cannondale tandem recently. We had planned and riding with a group today... he called last nght and asked if I wanted to ride the tandem. I've never ridden one. Neither has he.

So I said sure, what the heck. Swapped out the pedals last night, adjusted the fit some (it never works right for me til I'm RIDING! I was too low and had to raise the seat a bunch...)

This morning we meet and as we get ready to ride the nerves set in... oh my word. What am I thinking?

We discussed it a bit and gave it a whirl... I was mostly scared to STOP the first time... the whole "not being in control" thing was also tough for me. No shifting... no coasting... no brakes... no turning... basically you sit back there and... well... pedal. I'm a bit of a control freak... so this was a BIG deal for me!

After a few stops and starts we had the hang of it... downhill ROCKS! Uphill not so much. More like we were the rocks then...

Overall it was fun and I can certainly understand why people enjoy them now... I thoroughly enjoyed sightseeing once we were comfortable... saw a HUGE Cooper's Hawk up on an electric wire... very cool!

33+ miles... no falls, no crashes. A good day!