From: ganthony@gmail.net   
      
   bfh  wrote:   
   > Ted Heise wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 20 Sep 2024 17:24:36 -0500,   
   >> sticks  wrote:   
   >>> On 9/20/2024 3:25 PM, bfh wrote:   
   >>>> sticks wrote:   
   >>>>> That's impressive, as well as your miles ridden!  You're   
   >>>>> averaging almost 32.5 miles an outing!  I do like to go about   
   >>>>> 25 to 30 when I ride, but you have 799 rides!  That is some   
   >>>>> serious dedication to your health and the activity.  Well   
   >>>>> done.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Almost well done. I heard somewhere from somebody who heard   
   >>>> somewhere that 800 rides is the minimum required to be an   
   >>>> official Master Tandemist. There's probably also a minimum   
   >>>> miles/ride to be counted as a ride, but I didn't hear that   
   >>>> anywhere from anybody.   
   >>>   
   >>> Good points.  And come to think of it, since there are two   
   >>> people actually powering the bike, his mileage really should be   
   >>> cut in half to account for it.  So they're down to somewhere a   
   >>> little over 16 miles each trip.   
   >>>    
   >>   
   >> I know you're joking, but I do have to say I work just as hard for   
   >> the miles on the tandem as on the single.   
   >>   
   > We once rented a tandem while R&Ring in Hawaii in a previous life. I   
   > worked harder on that thing than on any bike I ever pedaled anywhere   
   > in all of my history. My wife liked it............which led me to   
   > suspect that she wasn't doing a statistically significant part of her   
   > part.   
   >   
      
   A little off the biking topic but I had a similar issue when in my younger   
   and much poorer years. I had an old beater car that broke down on me on a   
   major hi-way. I wanted to push it to the next intersection to get it off   
   the main road. Two of my friends who were riding with me were helping me   
   push. It seemed very hard going and I was really struggling. I stopped   
   pushing for a second and the car stopped. Those bastard “friends” weren’t   
   even pushing. They thought it was funny but I damn sure didn’t.   
      
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