"I'm getting married and would like to have a tandem cake topper with a bride and a groom. We both ride and inspire to get a tandem bike (if we could quit buying ourselves single bikes for a moment). "

Congratulations! One idea for the suggested oversize figure "too big for a cake" how about put the tandem figure at the base of the cake and shape the cake as a trail which winds up along the sides of the cake? i saw a marvelous cake once with a seaside theme, white chocolate starfish shells etc which spilled off the cake and continued to cascade out and become part of the table arrangement. Don't limit yourself to the size of the cake ;-)

For this I went four years to design school ;-)

I've gotta question that is vauguely but directily related to this for the group...obviously you folks both ride but how many of you have a significant other who rides? is it a problem that they don't? You guessed it I met someone who doesn't ride, or workout, I'm thinking it could be a problem. Do "mixed marriages" work?