On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:58:40 -0600, jlee wrote:

I'm not surprised. Tandems have double the weight and therefore double
the energy to be dissipated while braking.

It will be more than double - significantly more as the double weight
going downhill only experiences the air resistance of a single rider.

This is true.

Matt O.

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