Taking the plunge

Goodness me but that's a cliched post title and photo to go with it. Still, it's good to see someone so happy to be forcing faeces round the U-bend of her lavatory. It could be worse, when I 'googled' the words 'plunging' and 'plunge' (To get a photo) there were various fisting themed images in my results.

As one may imagine, this post isn't about toilets, actual plunging of any kind or indeed fisting. Rather, it's to say we've gone ahead and ordered our (First?) tandem today. We plumped for the Dawes Galaxy Twin, from Spa Cycles, after all. Whilst some had recommended a Landescape tandem, the price difference (Most likely starting off at £1600) was too much for serious consideration. We had to stick to the ceiling price we had decided upon. Otherwise, where would it lead? I mean, there's always a better bike than the one you've got 'just that little bit more expensive', unless you own the best and most expensive bike in the world (For the couple of weeks it has that title). No, Dawes Galaxy Twin it is.

Now we've got some 'falling off when attempting to stop', 'remembering it takes longer to get out of T-junctions' and 'scary fast descending while our brakes smoke' to look forward to. I'm excited about this like a child on Christmas Day. Things all being right and proper, it should reach our front door (Or maybe the side door) near the end of next week.

Sheldon Brown has some interesting and informative articles on tandems. In particular, his guide to starting and stopping a tandem was of interest to me. Come to think of it, is there anything cycle related the man doesn't know? I only pray (Although not really as I'm not religious) his guides will save me from scrapes and potential breakages.