Commuting on a tandem?

[divingbiker]

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.

He's the one who told me that, I think. Or I might be remembering my friend and her husband, who ride separately in rural areas but on a tandem in the city, because he was always losing her at stop lights since he was more aggressive.