our new tandem it is a huge learning experience.
my blind wife and I used our stimulus checks to help pay for a tandem. since public transportation is so limited now we can get around again. she has not ridden a bike in 30 years and is wobbly and we put 2.5 miles on it just going around in a empty parking lot practicing starting and stopping and just learning to ride a bike again. this is a German brand with a Bosch performance motor class 1 I have batteries for my speed bike so its great to be able to swap batteries.
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That is so cool! We, my wife and I, are just putting our first time tandem together.
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Great use of the check, looks like something that will give lots of smiles and the motor to help on the hills will make it even nicer.
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Originally Posted by Russ Roth
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Great use of the check, looks like something that will give lots of smiles and the motor to help on the hills will make it even nicer.
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Congrats and all the best...
Great move, guys. I hope, you will have lots of fun together and never regret your buy. The "Bosch Performance Line"-engine is often used here in Germany and it's a very good and reliable drive solution.
Do everything for the stoker to enjoy the experience :thumb: |
Getting a first tandem is a huge learning experience. Learning new things is good, especially together! Kudos to you both. Not that easy, is it? It took us many, many miles to perfect our tandem experience. In a way, having your stoker be blind is an advantage, as she can't anticipate what you're going to do. "Stoker steering" is an issue with new sighted teams. All I hear about blind stokers is "we love it!"
I use many verbal cues during rides with my sighted stoker. Every time something's going to change, I have a phrase for it, always the same phrase. |
Originally Posted by Carbonfiberboy
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Getting a first tandem is a huge learning experience. Learning new things is good, especially together! Kudos to you both. Not that easy, is it? It took us many, many miles to perfect our tandem experience. In a way, having your stoker be blind is an advantage, as she can't anticipate what you're going to do. "Stoker steering" is an issue with new sighted teams. All I hear about blind stokers is "we love it!"
I use many verbal cues during rides with my sighted stoker. Every time something's going to change, I have a phrase for it, always the same phrase. |
Originally Posted by fooferdoggie
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I am not the biggest talker so it Have to blab more than usual. sometimes its hard to get my mouth caught up to my thought and tell her in time but that should work its self out. we had to go up a lip on a driveway and turn and she reacted so much to the lip I had trouble turning and we almost hit the curb. but its getting better got three rides in every day we have had it. had to get the bars moved forward as her tail bone was killing her. sometimes she keeps peddling after I say coasting and her feet fall off the pedals. I am debating on some race face spiked pedals but she may hit her shins.
So: :Bump! (she weights the pedals, maybe rises a bit off the saddle) Slowing Accelerating Easy Power! Shifting (right before shifting, signal to ease off for a moment) Stopping Going or Pedaling Etc. |
Can't see in your picture whether your stoker seatpost is spring-suspended or not. Overriding bumps unknowingly is one of the mean things for a stoker. And you'll definitely forget to mention some bump every now and then...
For us, finally, the Thudbuster LT (for example, there are other good solutions too) plus a matching saddle made the difference between "I can't stand it" and "This is fun". Just make sure to stay away from poorly designed and cheap solutions where the seatpost is unintentionally slightly rotating. This only brings another unnecessary unsettling factor, especially to someone who's visually impaired. Riding together is a wonderful thing to share... https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...687b9811e2.jpg |
yes I have a kinect seat post on it and her seat has a little bit of spring too. that was the first thing I put on the bike. I thought about lipless but she has so many things to learn right now and that would be too much I think.
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Congratulations and enjoy
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Originally Posted by fooferdoggie
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yes I have a kinect seat post on it and her seat has a little bit of spring too. that was the first thing I put on the bike. I thought about lipless but she has so many things to learn right now and that would be too much I think.
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her seat as the cutout she may not need the shorts I will have her try without today. but she needs to get used it like we all have.
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glad I rode all over so I can figure out the best way a tandem can get there. the usual ways i go are not always practical too sharp of turns or too bumpy and such.
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