Long story short, I love riding with my wife (it gives me the chance to train while still spending time with her), but her tempo/threshold (coggan Z3/Z4) zone is right around my active recovery (Z1). That's no good.
She's been expressing interest in a tandem as well, but is this going to help much? I guess we'll be riding together for sure, but I don't quite know what our two paces put together will amount to. I'm thinking we'd be doing mostly group rides. On the flats, for example, would we be wicked fast, since our combined mass has little bearing and we get excellent draft, or would we average some speed between her and my individuals. I'm even less sure about hills.
That all said, what are some brand possibilities? I don't need fancy components; I'm thinking sora/105, but I want real road wheels/bars/etc. I keep seeing otherwise nice looking bikes with 700x30 tires. What is up with that? I know tandems cost a fair amount, but I think I should be able to get that for, I don't know, maybe $1500-2000.
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Aerosexual.
She's been expressing interest in a tandem as well, but is this going to help much? I guess we'll be riding together for sure, but I don't quite know what our two paces put together will amount to. I'm thinking we'd be doing mostly group rides. On the flats, for example, would we be wicked fast, since our combined mass has little bearing and we get excellent draft, or would we average some speed between her and my individuals. I'm even less sure about hills.
That all said, what are some brand possibilities? I don't need fancy components; I'm thinking sora/105, but I want real road wheels/bars/etc. I keep seeing otherwise nice looking bikes with 700x30 tires. What is up with that? I know tandems cost a fair amount, but I think I should be able to get that for, I don't know, maybe $1500-2000.
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Aerosexual.