Too Many Tandems

Well, not really. Here at home we don't see many tandems out on the road, so we attract a fair amount of attention when we are out and about Vancouver, especially when we have the Picollo trailer bike behind us. Despite the length the whole machine is surprisingly manueverable, albeit a little heavy when the occupants are factored in. We find that our youngest does best on longer rides when his Picollo is attached to the tandem, although it can be hooked up to Sue's bike as well.

A couple of weekends ago the we all tramped down to Lacy (near Olympia) WA for the North West Tandem Rally 2004. There, we were just one of many - over 450 tandem teams attended the weekend long event. Even a few triples and singles too. The mass start each morning was something to behold!

A fine time, if slightly damp from time to time, was had by all. The kids clearly enjoyed themselves - despite riding 26 miles the first day, and 24 or so the second (partly in the rain, partly in glorious sunshine) the unanimous decision is 'lets do this again!!'.

Friends Stan and Liz and their kids were there too, and we had a grand time camping out in the college baseball field.