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That's what it is like on my Rick Powell SS tandem. Lovely to ride on my own, and I was flying past other single bikes at the Velopark (riding solo).
With a big old stoker it felt pretty wobbly going round the corners. I don't know if that is technique / stoker nerves making him move about / inexperience - it was only our second attempt at riding it.
My microtandem with 16 inch wheels felt as twitchy as anything with my daughter on the back for the first ride, but then on saturday we did a very stable feeling 17 miles, even featuring a little bit of trackstanding. This was after the two SS tandem sessions.
Great work with the bike!
doubleodavey
It was fun bumping into you. It was just after I wheeled it through the tight pedestrian gate by Ponder's End lock, right? Balanced upright on the rear wheel like a tandem t-rex?
Ride was great thanks, really solid and it felt smooth. You can feel the huge accumulation of momentum and just click smoothly through the gears as you gain pace, and you do keep gaining pace.
One noticeable difference is that when I ride my normal solo bike and go fast enough to hear wind roar (like 30+ kph) then I know I won't be able to go much faster for very long, or at least not without making a lot of lactic acid. On this tandem however I can hear that 30 kph wind roar and still expect to add another 10+ kph to the speed before hitting that same ceiling.