When you get it right and you’re perfectly in sync, you feel like you’re part of a machine
I never learned to ride a bike as a child. I grew up in London in the 1970s, and it just wasn’t on my radar. Plus I was scared of falling. It wasn’t until I was 41, married to a keen cyclist and feeling I was missing out, that we decided to give a tandem a try. The first time we rode it I was terrified. We’ve since done over 2,000 miles and it has become our favourite mode of transport.
The front rider is known as the pilot. They control the gears, braking and signalling. The back rider is the stoker. They provide the power. That tends to be my job: pedal, pedal, pedal. The heavier rider should be at the front. It’s bad enough going up a hill when you’re dragging 20-plus stone and the weight of the bike, without having an anchor on the back.
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