The first bike my wife fell in love with was our Bilenky tandem. We ride together. Although she sometimes feels out of control, she has more confidence in my bike skills than in her own. Now she follows the listing for tandem rallies. When I ask her if she wants to ride she always chooses the tandem. At the end of the 2013 season I bought her a Betty Foy. She refused to let me sell her 1984 Sequoia but now she rides the Betty around town - to the library and stuff like that. She takes it with her twice a year when she goes to Quilt Camp. She likes the easy on and off, the upright position, the traditional handle bars and the sheer beauty of the bike. I suspect it makes her feel it like a grande dame.
I just asked my wife this question and she thought buying a tandem was a great idea. She added: do it slowly, make it fun for her, and always have a designated destination - like her favorite burrito joint. BTW the first rule of tendeming - "The stoker is always right." Michael On Monday, March 9, 2015 at 2:13:57 PM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > My wife has yet to meet a bike she gets along well with, let alone one she > is passionate about. Hearing a few stories of spousal conversion from folks > here, I thought I’d ask for them explicitly, as my wife loves hearing them. > > What’s your story of a spouse who was less than excited about bicycling > until they hopped on a Rivendell? > > With abandon, > Patrick > > *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org <http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org>* > *www.OurHolyConception.org <http://www.OurHolyConception.org>* > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
