Over the weekend my wife and I picked up a BikeE E2 recumbent Tandem.
On Sunday we road it for about 1 hour.
I tried ridding the BikeE tandem with Lisa Sunday. We road up and down the
path for about and hour. This is not going to work. I cycle at a 90 to 100
cadence. Lisa seams to cycle at a 50 cadence. She soft peddles and is not
really contributing to the effort. She always leans to the left so she can
see what is in front of us.
We rode on the bike path and when ever someone is passing us, either
in front or from behind she stops peddling.
What really set me off yesterday was when we were going up a hill and she
told me " You are going too fast", meaning cadence is too fast. I told her I
have to go this fast to get up the hill, going any slower kills my knees.
>From talking about this later I found out that she was soft peddling that
whole time. She did not think I needed her help. I do not mind the soft
peddling except for when we get to the hills. I think that we could work
this out with better communication.
She loved the bike she could not believe how soothe and stable it was, when
compared to the DF bike tandem that we rented last year on vacation.
I just need to compromise and learn to have a lower cadence and she need to
contribute a little more on the hills, and I think we could make this work.
I did not even mind her leaning to the left all the time except for the fact
I could not see behind me with my mirror.
Her leaning will not work on the road I need to be able to see the
approaching cars from behind. Now the question would be with my wife's need
to control how do I get her on to a country road with cars, and not lean to
the left? The ideal solution would be to get her to be the captain, but I do
not feel she would be comfortable with that yet.
That being said she like the ride and bike. It was really stable and easy
to start.
Now She want me to bet both the E2 and your other BikeE AT, so she can
ride alone.
This is going to cost too much.
Any opions on wich way to go? Do you think we will be able to learn to ride together?
On Sunday we road it for about 1 hour.
I tried ridding the BikeE tandem with Lisa Sunday. We road up and down the
path for about and hour. This is not going to work. I cycle at a 90 to 100
cadence. Lisa seams to cycle at a 50 cadence. She soft peddles and is not
really contributing to the effort. She always leans to the left so she can
see what is in front of us.
We rode on the bike path and when ever someone is passing us, either
in front or from behind she stops peddling.
What really set me off yesterday was when we were going up a hill and she
told me " You are going too fast", meaning cadence is too fast. I told her I
have to go this fast to get up the hill, going any slower kills my knees.
>From talking about this later I found out that she was soft peddling that
whole time. She did not think I needed her help. I do not mind the soft
peddling except for when we get to the hills. I think that we could work
this out with better communication.
She loved the bike she could not believe how soothe and stable it was, when
compared to the DF bike tandem that we rented last year on vacation.
I just need to compromise and learn to have a lower cadence and she need to
contribute a little more on the hills, and I think we could make this work.
I did not even mind her leaning to the left all the time except for the fact
I could not see behind me with my mirror.
Her leaning will not work on the road I need to be able to see the
approaching cars from behind. Now the question would be with my wife's need
to control how do I get her on to a country road with cars, and not lean to
the left? The ideal solution would be to get her to be the captain, but I do
not feel she would be comfortable with that yet.
That being said she like the ride and bike. It was really stable and easy
to start.
Now She want me to bet both the E2 and your other BikeE AT, so she can
ride alone.
This is going to cost too much.
Any opions on wich way to go? Do you think we will be able to learn to ride together?