From: redydog@rye.net   
      
   George.Anthony wrote:   
   > 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    
   friendsâ€Â� weren’t   
   > even pushing. They thought it was funny but I damn sure didn’t.   
   >    
   At the end of the day going forward, did you hold them accountable in    
   the passage of time?   
      
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