Communication on the tandem is key. As a stoker, any small change by the captain will affect the stoker, which will, in turn, affect the captain. We have been riding tandems for almost 10 years, and have learned when we need to communicate - hold (stop pedaling), bumps, stopping, going right, everything is important.

This is more pronounced when you are riding tandem in the woods . We started our tandem adventures on the singletrack, so that may be how come we are so in synch now that we have transferred to the road.

I will admit to rides where swearing and crying have ensued, and I think we hold the record amongst our tandeming cohorts for the furthest distance a tandem has been thrown .

I LOVE riding the tandem, and don't find it any more stressful than normal, but would if our communication wasn't dialed in....

SheFly