Thanks Mimi! Oh, and I love steel, I ride my steel bike more than my titanium one, its just DH loves his featherlight carbon trek........... But, it we want s/s couplers I think we have to go with steel since you can't couple the lighter aluminum bikes, and I am not sure my body can take aluminum. I am a control freak but I do trust my husband's driving, and his bike handling skills, so I think I could adjust. It would be more fun than having to ride with my head glued onto his wheel. Sometimes when we try to ride together I end up in tears (and/or injured), he says, 'I am doing all the work, all you have to do is hold my wheel', but he doesn't get how hard that is for me (or maybe he finally does which is why he suggested the tandem). In a way it is admitting defeat, or at least weakness, but maybe it is just the practical conclusion he is and always will be a stronger cyclist than me.

Have you ever tried to travel with an uncoupled tandem bike. Does it fit into a standard sized trico iron case?

One more question. What about wheel sizes? For an S/S coupled bike does it make more sense to get 26" instead of 700c to facilitate packing? I know Veronica's is S/S coupled so maybe she has a better idea.