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I wonder how difficult it would be to ride a tandem on the back by yourself, as if you were riding no handed...

Not hard, apparently. I think you need Orang-utan arms or some bits of string to hold the bars when you set off, but after that it's just riding no handed on a long wheelbase bike. Haven't done it myself, but I know my dad has back in the day.

I tried it during one of our tinkering sessions in prep for this, was fine, managed a couple of laps of Dulwich park (not no handed though), until later in the evening, after the BBQ when I was changing gear via the SA 3 speed lever on the stoker bars with my right hand while still holding the captain's bars with my left hand. imagine the old "can I ride with my arms crossed" feeling. landed in a man/tandem knot in the middle of our second's rugby pitch.