Quote Originally Posted by divingbiker View Post
That would be me! Yes, a guy in my building and his wife ride in every day year-round. He's very tall, and she's very short, so the tandem is the only way they can ride together at a reasonable speed. Here's their bike.
Eh.... I'm 5 feet and my husband is 6'4". We do not ride a tandem and I keep up with him just fine (in fact it is likely that sometime soon I will surpass him at hill climbs and steady TT efforts, though I don't know if I'll ever be able to accelerate/sprint quite as fast).... Unlike running where a taller person's stride does make a difference, bikes take away the advantage of being taller. She may not be able to keep up with him, but her height doesn't have anything to do with it.