Steel tandems

[malkin]

I thought maybe.
Keep the link though--those classifieds are really great, and with Utah being the land of recreation and the land of togetherness, there a a lot of them floating by.

Have you two ever ridden a tandem together?

[malkin]

I just reread the earlier posts.

If the $250.00 tandems haven't been blown to smithereens by the folks at the tandem forums, then maybe they're ok. Last time I tiptoed through there, it was like a mine field outlined by sharp shooters, cocked and ready to fire on anything that wasn't state of the art and top of the line.

(I'm exagerating that a tiny bit, and there are people over there who are really nice and a couple that we've even ridden with.)

Really, if you're going to stay on the flats, go slow, take it easy and try to figure out if you really even like riding a tandem at all it might be ok. And, yah--go ahead and set it up with Brooks saddles. No point if having an unhappy backside when you already know what your backside wants. Just use saddle locks.

Trek T900 wouldn't be a bad beginning bike either. They're sturdy, adjustable, and everywhere. We've taken beginners out on one and they did just fine.

Another possibility would be to do a shout out to find some friendly tandem team in your area and see if they know some one who knows someone...or they can give you some tips on staying sane while you learn to ride together (or "two-gether" like 'zona' says.)

We didn't have this luxury, but it can be useful for a beginning stoker to have the opportunity to ride behind an experienced captain. Learning to ride stoker behind someone who hasn't figured out how to ride as captain can be terrifying!