The best is when you suck a tandem's tire. They tend to be a little faster on the flat and if you can hang with their pace it's really nice. They climb poorly though.

Thom and I did a century last weekend on the tandem with another guy from our club on his single. We pulled him for the first 75 miles. It was a hot day and Thom got cooked on one of the last climbs. He does not have an efficient cooling system. Anyway Jay (the guy on the single) went to the top without us and came back down twice. It was nice because a lot of single riders will take the pull and never even say thank you. We got to the next rest stop and told him to go on without us. We finished about 30 minutes behind him.

I got to follow a tandem tonight on the club ride. It was very pleasant. I'm with you though Dogmama. I like to be in the front so I can look around. It's a lot of mental work to stay in a paceline. On a lot of rides I don't bother unless there's no scenery or a really bad headwind.


Veronica