LOVE FOR TANDEM CONVERTS TO LOVE ON TANDEM

How often does it happen that you start loving a person due to his possession of awesome and unique bikes. For the rare case, it happened to me, when I stumbled across Sanat's facebook wall with his profile pic on a terrific fat bike and cover pic with a sexy tandem. Well well, my crush on Tandem turned into a love affair with the incredible Tandem owner. Hardly did I imagine that almost an year later I shall be the proud co-owner of this beauty. After our marriage, the fun ride which started with 50 km weekend rides materialised into a 200 kms brevet on a Tandem on Nov 5th 2018, and here we were the randounneur on Tandem. Its always a thrilling and fun experience riding on the Tandem, specially when it comes to riding with life partners. Thus begins our TANDEM LOVE STORY with love for wheels turning into love on wheels. Learning the skills of riding this bike which demands a lot of synchronization and communication between both the riders, in a way also helped in knowing each other better.

Riding a tandem is like marriage, communication being the key to success. Ask for help when needed, and pedal extra hard for your spouse when they feel like they just cant go any further.


                  Tandem life after marriage


Aha an unique love letter to an awesome cyclist !! 


Beginning of a new chapter : #TheTandemCouple 


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