Today's Bike Ride

[Marco]

Bit of a pain in the arse if you had an argument.

Yes, that's the other consideration. If the stoker says "brake", you can't ignore them. And the front rider needs to avoid any potholes in the road.

Do you take it in turn to 'drive'; sexual equality and all that?

I should declare that I've never ridden on a tandem, although in my racing days I regularly rode so close behind that it probably looked like I was riding one