On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Kenneth Stagg<kenneth.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Jan Heine<hein...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> The answer is simple: Standover clearance never is a safety issue >> even for an only mildly experienced rider. > > Jan, > > Not so much for safety but the one place where I will insist on > standover clearance is on a tandem. I don't feel at all comfortable > trying to hold the bike for the stoker to mount while I have a foot > off the ground. > > I agree completely about toe overlap, and it's a worse hazard for me > on the tandem because a) there are more times I'm going slow enough > for it to be an issue and b) the captain doesn't complete control of > the pedals on most tandems. > > I realize that bringing up tandems on RBW may not be completely > on-topic but they're definitely bicycles and there are some people > here other than Jan and me who ride them. >
But some of us would love it if tandems were on-topic on rbw list. Please? Pretty Please? A tandem which rode more like the atlantis or a hilsen would be just ducky. -sv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
