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From: nessus@nsc.UUCP (Kchula-Rrit)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Tandems...
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Date: Fri, 17-May-85 20:08:30 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 17 20:08:30 1985
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> My girlfriend and I are thinking of getting a tandem. Does anybody
> out there have any information/experience with them? ...
> 
> thanks,		eduardo
> 	(ucbvax!pelegri)

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     I gather that a tandem is a "bicycle built for two"; if not, ignore the
rest of this message.

     At age approx 15, when visiting my dad and step-mother/kids, my brother
and I accompanied them on a bicycle ride around Lake Nokomis(sp?) in
Minneapolis, Minn.  My brother and I shared a tandem and we switched off on
who rode on front.  I enjoyed riding on front, but didn't like riding on back
because I have a phobia about falling off a bicycle(the "back" handlebars are
bolted in place) dating from my learning days.  Well, anyway, about half-way
around the lake, with me on front, we came upon that menace to bicycling, the
DOG.  When I finally convinced my brother that the dog was looking for meal
rather than play, we actually out-ran the beast.  Also, this was a good-sized
dog, one that could be saddled and ridden if memory serves me correctly.

     Don't know anything about cost since that particular bicycle was
rented, but it was a joy to ride at least on front; it was nice to have
a bicycle that was not underpowered.

				    From the alter ego of--
				    Kchula-Rrit