Tandem - should I?

having never rid a tandem, my advice is probably about as useless as the advice of someone who's never been on a bicycle. That being said, Sheldon (and others) have said it is often easier to get a bit more relaxed as a stoke if you hold on to the captain's hips/waist, rather than the bars (which, I guess, makes you very tense and encourages you to try and steer).

What size is the tandem you've got? Maybe it would be a good idea for me and my girlfriend to try and do a few laps of a park here in London before embarking on our long ride home.

No idea on the size, around a 57 front, 56 rear, I think. It's not in London either. I'm only at uni here, and it lives at home (only about 30 miles, but not london.) Sorry.

Here's a tweedy picture: