On 13 May, 18:40, [email hidden] (Ekul
Namsob) said:Kate and I gave up cycling together quite some time ago as she got fed
up at being left behind on hills (both up and down) and I got fed up
waiting for her to catch up.
This summer, my in-laws will be looking after our daughter for a week
and we've considered having a go on a tandem somewhere. Can anyone
recommend somewhere where we might be able to hire a tandem for a day or
more?
We hired one a few weeks ago in the New Forest and had a great time.
It's a fairly cycle friendly area - all main roads limited to 40 mph,
and free range ponies everywhere, so people drive fairly carefully.
It's fairly flat, and there are lots of forest tracks, quite
manageable on a tandem.
There are two hire places at Brockenhurst station; we went with
Cyclexperience for £20 for the day and it was fine. Country Lanes
across the car park had shinier tandems for £25. Country Lanes have
branches in other parts of the country, and we've hired in the Forest
of Dean and Derbyshire next to an old railway cycle track - Tissington
Trail? (can't remember who with).
My partner always thinks she'll be able to sit on the back and do
nothing and gets taken by surprise when her pedals go round with mine.
But we find it surprisingly easy, and even managed to overtake some
lads who had the cheek to overtake us as we were pootling back at the
end of the day.
But what we really wanted to hire was a Hase Pino... anyone know
anywhere that does those?
Rob
