Originally Posted by Carbonfiberboy

My wife puts out about half my watts/kg. but she loves to pedal hard and make the bike go. I get fabulous training and a solid relationship. I'll take it. Usually the issue with non-tandem couples is control issues on the part of the stoker, regardless of sex. It's a communist enterprise: from each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs. Our method is to match HRs and she gets whatever she wants.