Whaddya mean "No Bell"?
Look REALLY closely at the Stoker's handlebars... See the gold lump that obscures a bit of my hand? That's a bell that is.

I have 3 stokers at the moment... Ranging from hardcore Mountain-biker to Absolute Newbie.

"The perfect stoker is a blind stoker" as they say.. and riding something like this at pace relies on perfect communication.

The Tandem was built so that Absolute Newbie and I could go places and cross Sweden together without either of us getting fed up with the massive "lack/abundance of skill" ratio that we represent. So far it has been a blistering success.

Newbie is too starting to get more confident now that she's got used to the saddle, and so long as we don't get out knees down in corners she enjoys herself: there's room for more confidence, but there's no rush.

My slightly unhinged mate considers it his job to pump as much power into the drivetrain as possible. This is completely regardless of where and what we're doing: Slogging uphill and he's pumping away, Powering down a hill and he's hammering away at it still. To his credit, even when I feel the back end stepping out, I can feel him powering away back there.

Now that summer-time is here the local ski-slopes have opened up to mountain-bikers...
( Humpty Dumpty was Pushed Is unaware of having any limits., Fri 9 May 2008, 6:46, Reply)