Thanks. girls. Part of the problem is that I'm such a bigger stronger rider than Louie I should have been on the front anyway. The guy is not nessasarily the automatic captain from what I understand- it's the stronger rider. And standing to sprint wasn't going to put the bike down, I would have known it. Some people just aren't meant to be together. He should have thought through what putting a gonzo rider who can smoke him on the back seat would mean.
Anyway, he's been riding tandems for years, always with a different girl on the back. What does this tell us?

Lizzy