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@Colin_the_Bald
^Correct, naturally.
Everyone else seems to be tieing themselves up in knots about weight, rotating mass etc. Tandems are so fast because two riders are pushing the frontal area of one person into air resistance, so even two fat blokes are comparatively aerodynamic.
They're a bastard to get going because of the huge difficulties of synchronising two fat blokes (try getting out of the saddle on a tandem!), but once they're going, they fly! Don't try riding them up big hills either.....
My memory is that a tandem weighs pretty much the same as two bikes, because of the stiffened frame and heavy wheels, let us know about the finished weight Tester, if you can lift it.