Mikey, Try riding in Crazyfornia....it seems just the opposite out here.(knock on wood?)
Don't you remember when you got married.....'For richer and poorer, in sickness and in health, for cheech and chong, for paper and plastic, for ginger and maryanne and for happiness on a tandem for the rest of thine life so help you god!"
Missed that part??...just pulling your timing cranks!
Matt Gorski
Long Beach,
CA USA
On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Michael Schmidt <mdschmidt56@verizon.net>wrote:
> There is a reason why they call tandems "Divorce Coaches"
>
> My wife and I have known several cycling couples have the worst fights on a
> bike ride. They all sounded like this - Captain: "Work harder" Stoker:
> "I am working as hard as I can" Captain: "No you're not. This is not
> working, let's sell the tandem" Stoker: "Fine"
>
> When you see couples on a tandem that are smiling, you know they're not
> married.
>
> I think Paul & Rita Lee are the only two people that I know that ride a
> tandem and don't fight on a bike ride.
>
> My .02
>
>
> Michael D. Schmidt
> Millington, NJ
>
>
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 09:30:00 +0000 (GMT)
> From: alex m <alexpianos@yahoo.fr>
> Subject: [CR] Why are tandems relatively unpopular?
> To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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> Looking through period photos and magazines, and as a Rene Herse Alex
> Singer
> etc collector, I notice that tandems were really popular in the 50s and 60s
> in France. Always husband in front, wife behind. Sometimes a little trailer
> behind for the offspring.
>
> Why is it you never see a tandem on the road nowadays?
>
> Something to do with people being more individualistic? Or women's
> liberation? The radical decrease in the number of tandems produced and
> ridden must say something about the history of social relations.
>
> Are there any tandem riders on the CR list? Peter (Weigle), have you ever
> made a tandem?
>
> Alexander March
> Bordeaux
> France