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Please note that the articles are listed in alphabetical order by state, so you can easily scan through the articles for those within your state or other states in which you have a particular interest.
Dr. Nora's Top Articles:
1. "Pittsburg: Police Investigating Possible Child Endangerment at Special Education School" --- Pittsburg police are investigating an allegation of possible child endangerment or child neglect at the Spectrum Center Delta Campus, ... --- San Jose Mercury News --- September 9, 2014 (CALIFORNIA) http://is.gd/uqbWRy
2. "Man Sentenced to Prison after Attack on Disabled Girl" --- A 62-year-old man was sentenced to prison Thursday in Weld County for an attack on a developmentally disabled girl. A Weld County District Court ... --- The Coloradoan --- September 11, 2014 (COLORADO) http://is.gd/urLVno
3. "Man Sentenced in Attack on Blind Relative in Manchester" --- A man who punched a blind relative in Manchester last year and tried to steal his money was sentenced to eight years in prison ... --- Hartford Courant --- September 8, 2014 (CONNECTICUT) http://is.gd/woi7xW
4. "Teens Arrested in Attack on Mentally Challenged Man" --- Two Newark boys have been charged in the brutal attack of a mentally challenged man in the Newark area after videos were posted on social media, ... --- The News Journal --- September 7, 2014 (DELAWARE) http://is.gd/3SeDOA
5. "Ex-employees of Autism Center Charged with Abusing Patients" --- Three former employees of an autism center have been arrested and are accused of physically abusing patients at the east Orange County facility. --- WFTV Orlando --- September 16, 2014 (FLORIDA) http://is.gd/uVsbV5
6. " 'Mom, Please Help': FBI Probing Alleged Abuse of Deaf, Autistic Kids" --- The FBI is investigating the alleged abuse and neglect of vulnerable deaf and autistic children at a residential treatment center in Florida, NBC News ... --- NBCNews.com --- September 14, 2014 (FLORIDA) http://is.gd/o4HpRX
7. "Skin Shocks Used at Massachusetts School Draw FDA Investigation" --- Self-injury is one of the most difficult behaviors associated with autism and other developmental or intellectual disabilities, and a private facility outside ... --- Fox News --- September 14, 2014 (MASSACHUSETTS) http://is.gd/l92hWV
8. "Employee of Anderson Center for Autism in Staatsburg Slapped Teen Resident, Cops Say" --- A 22-year-old employee of the Anderson Center for Autism was charged with endangerment after slapping a 17-year-old male ... --- The Daily Freeman --- September 17, 2014 (NEW YORK) http://is.gd/L0Ok96
9. "84-year-old East Texas Man Charged with Sexual Assault of Disabled Person" --- An elderly East Texas man has been charged with felonies for allegedly sexually assaulting a disabled person at an assisted ... --- Longview News-Journal --- September 18, 2014 (TEXAS) http://is.gd/rfbpDr
10. "College Lecturer Who Taught Disabled Pupils Admits Schoolgirl Fetish after Being Caught with ..." --- A college lecturer who taught students with profound learning disabilities has admitted having a schoolgirl fetish after being caught with hundreds of ... --- Daily Mail --- September 11, 2014 (ENGLAND) http://is.gd/KdEY4Y
11. "New Task Force Focuses On Stopping Abuse of Elders, Vulnerable Adults" --- Focused on improving Alaska's justice system's response to elders and other vulnerable adults, Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Dana Fabe ... --- KTUU.com --- September 10, 2014 (ALASKA) http://is.gd/zHqUFZ
12. "Ezell Ford's Family Files $75 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against LAPD" --- Ford, described in the lawsuit as being "mentally challenged," was shot to death in South L.A. near 65th Street and Broadway on the evening of Aug… --- KTLA --- September 17, 2014 (CALIFORNIA) http://is.gd/1p3TMn
13. "Mom Angry after Her Special Needs Son is Left Behind on Senior Field Trip" --- An East Bay mother talked about her outrage Tuesday, almost a week after her son with special needs was accidentally left behind on a school field ... --- KTVU San Francisco --- September 16, 2014 (CALIFORNIA) http://is.gd/46KmDG
14. "Special Needs Student with Gun at Library Results in Mom's Arrest" --- Two special needs siblings were taken into the care of Solano County Child Protective Services Monday evening after one of them was found to have ... --- News10.net --- September 15, 2014 (CALIFORNIA) http://is.gd/LHt0KJ
15. "Autistic Boy Sexually Assaulted at School by Other Students, Suit Says" --- The family of an autistic student has filed a lawsuit against the Ocean View School District in Ventura County, alleging he was bullied and sexually ... --- Los Angeles Times --- September 11, 2014 (CALIFORNIA) http://is.gd/q9yp20
16. "Video: Woman Goes Berserk on Husband, Shoving Him Out of Wheelchair" --- In the video you see the woman knock her common-law husband out of a wheelchair and then try to back over his wheelchair with her car. --- fox4kc.com --- September 9, 2014 (CALIFORNIA) http://is.gd/kfTiJS
17. "Uber Drivers Sued for Snubbing Blind, Ditching Dog" --- Uber Technologies Inc. drivers have refused to transport blind people who use guide dogs, an advocacy group claimed in a civil rights lawsuit that ... --- Bloomberg --- September 9, 2014 (CALIFORNIA) http://is.gd/ppUgKS
18. "Family of Mentally Ill Teen Sued Cops over Killing" --- The fatal shooting of an 18-year-old woman with schizophrenia by a San Mateo County sheriff's deputy near ... --- SFGate --- September 9, 2014 (CALIFORNIA) http://is.gd/2mzhiH
19. "Supt. of Schools Adds Policies to Keep Track of Students after Special Needs Teen Left in Bathroom" --- The father of a special needs teen, who was left in the bathroom for two hours after school was let out, shadowed her class Friday for the first time ... --- KERO-TV 23 --- September 5, 2014 (CALIFORNIA) http://is.gd/6UwnM4
20. "Story of How Stamford Cops Helped Autistic Man Will Go National on 'NBC'" --- Patrick Kogut, 27, gives a thumbs up after police handed over hundreds of dollars in donations to the autistic man. He was the victim of a theft and ... --- The Daily Voice --- September 18, 2014 (CONNECTICUT) http://is.gd/RCvpA5
21. "Women Charged with Stealing from Disabled Friend" --- Two women were charged via warrant Monday with stealing more than $3,000 worth of items from a friend who has multiple sclerosis ... --- CT Post --- September 17, 2014 (CONNECTICUT) http://is.gd/WIp4QW
22. "Autistic Man Robbed of Cash in Downtown Park, Stamford Cops Say" --- Three young men stole $100 from a 27-year-old autistic man while he was on his way to buy video games at Stamford Town Center Tuesday ... --- The Daily Voice --- September 11, 2014 (CONNECTICUT) http://is.gd/xn9OQ2
23. "Wellington High Educator Fired amid Allegations He Roughed up a Student with Autism" --- A Wellington High School employee was fired Tuesday, said a Palm Beach County school district spokesman, after allegations surfaced that the ... --- WPBF West Palm Beach --- September 17, 2014 (FLORIDA) http://is.gd/AA7SO2
24. "Suits Allege More Abuse at Mount Dora Deaf Academy" --- The Jacksonville attorney is taking up the cause for parents of children who lived at the National Deaf Academy in Mount Dora that he said were ... --- Orlando Sentinel --- September 17, 2014 (FLORIDA) http://is.gd/dZAyV7
25. "10-year-old Autistic Boy Says He Was Attacked by His Instructor at School" --- Ten-year-old Jimmy Naughton says he was choked and beaten by his special education teacher inside a classroom at Sto-Rox Elementary School. --- WESH Orlando --- September 11, 2014 (FLORIDA) http://is.gd/dZ2ktV
26. "Florida Man Suspected of Killing Ex-girlfriend, Her Family Speaks out from Jail: 'Everybody's Looking ..." ---The Florida man accused of murdering four people and running off with his 4-year-old autistic son says he's not a killer. Behind bars at the Pasco ... --- New York Daily News --- September 10, 2014 (FLORIDA) http://is.gd/bDifwV
27. "School Bus Aide Accused of Slapping Boy with Autism Appears in Pasco Court" --- A former Pasco County School District bus aide accused of slapping a 10-year-old autistic boy on a school bus was in court ... --- Tampabay.com --- September 9, 2014 (FLORIDA) http://is.gd/8rMju3
28. "Disability Groups Sue Florida Prisons, Alleging Inmate Abuses" --- The lawsuit alleges mental health treatment staff employed by Wexford failed to report the abuses happening to their mentally ill patients and that ... --- Tampabay.com --- September 9, 2014 (FLORIDA) http://is.gd/gV6wbH
29. "Owner of Small North Fla. Adult Care Home Sent to Prison" --- Johnson reached an agreement where she pleaded guilty to aggravated abuse of a disabled adult along with false Imprisonment, neglect of a ... --- Ocala --- September 9, 2014 (FLORIDA) http://is.gd/TJ2lfy
30. "Audit Says Guardianship Program Lacks Accountability, Oversight" --- A social program tasked with protecting the rights of people who are unable to make their own decisions lacks accountability and ... --- Naples Daily News --- September 8, 2014 (FLORIDA) http://is.gd/sSFHt2
31. "Nightmare for the Vulnerable: Unlicensed Care Homes" --- The investigation of a South Georgia unlicensed personal care home began with the report of a resident of the facility breaking into a ... --- The Albany Herald --- September 7, 2014 (GEORGIA) http://is.gd/vgQKgb
32. "Police: Woman Stole Link Cards from Disabled Residents" --- Nakarria Bell, 31, of Chicago, has been accused of stealing Link cards from disabled residents at Ray Graham Association homes in Naperville and ... --- Chicago Tribune --- September 11, 2014 (ILLINOIS) http://is.gd/0Pg3vz
33. "Cops: Reported Assault of Autistic Teen in LaPorte Caught on Camera" --- We just received a news release into the newsroom concerning the alleged assault of an autistic teen in LaPorte. A juvenile has been taken into ... --- WSBT-TV --- September 17, 2014 (INDIANA) http://is.gd/PQfz0e
34. "Police Stalled in Solving Murder of Deaf Indianapolis Man" --- "The challenge is with him being hearing impaired, most of his friends are hearing impaired," said Detective Roger Feuquay, "and the deaf community ... --- Fox 59 --- September 16, 2014 (INDIANA) http://is.gd/wlqOV9
35. "Southern Indiana Mom Claims Autistic Son Was Abused at School" --- A southern Indiana mom claims her autistic son was held in a school closet as a form of discipline and tried to claw his way through the wall ... --- WDRB --- September 9, 2014 (INDIANA) http://is.gd/08Ld1w
36. "Iowa City Accused of Violating Americans With Disabilities Act" --- Iowa City accused of violating Americans With Disabilities Act ... trying to determine whether the city has violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. --- Omaha World-Herald --- September 14, 2014 (IOWA) http://is.gd/wJxkD4
37. "Bullitt County Woman Accused of Wanton Neglect of an Adult" --- With Asia Durr, who is ranked the nation's No. 1 prospect according to several recruiting services, U of L has the No. 1 or 2 ranked class in both men's ... --- WDRB --- September 10, 2014 (KENTUCKY) http://is.gd/AjUXz0
38. "Belgrade Mom Whose Special Needs Son Wandered from Home Pleads Guilty to Child Endangerment" --- A Maine woman whose special needs son wandered five miles from home and had to be pulled from a stream by a stranger has ... --- The Republic --- September 9, 2014 (MAINE) http://is.gd/210UAr
39. "Man Held Without Bail in Templeton Development Center Death" --- Surrounded by court officers, Anthony E. Remillard, 22, enters the courtroom for arraignment Tuesday in Worcester Superior Court. He is charged with ... --- Worcester Telegram --- September 16, 2014 (MASSACHUSETTS) http://is.gd/uzuJMA
40. "Man Faces Charges in Sexual Assault of Disabled 13-year-old" --- A 47-year-old man living at the Days Inn on Pelham Street was arrested Friday after police say he inappropriately touched an ... --- Eagle-Tribune --- September 14, 2014 (MASSACHUSETTS) http://is.gd/TbS26O
41. "Taunton Man Sought in Attack on Disabled Woman" --- Taunton police said a 25-year-old city man brutally attacked a mentally disabled and physically handicapped neighbor over a week ago, barging into ... --- Taunton Daily Gazette --- September 8, 2014 (MASSACHUSETTS) http://is.gd/vK5ePX
42. "Waiting for Disaster: Mentally Ill Man Dies within Hours of Release from State Care" --- In August, 1998, Casey's mental illness would upend his life. Never in trouble with the law before, he was arrested for armed robbery. --- WXYZ --- September 17, 2014 (MICHIGAN) http://is.gd/zMllkn
43. "Walled Lake Schools to Pay Parents in Dismissed Rape Case" --- West Bloomfield police arrested the Wendrows in December 2007 after a school aide helped their autistic daughter, who can't speak, type a statement ... --- Lansing State Journal --- September 16, 2014 (MICHIGAN) http://is.gd/SVTRcZ
44. "Walkaway from Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital under Investigation by State Agency" --- He was found about six hours later near the Baymont Inn & Suites on South 11th Street in Oshtemo Township, and returned to the psychiatric hospital. --- The Kalamazoo Gazette --- September 12, 2014 (MICHIGAN) http://is.gd/JoLbAO
45. "Sex Offender Accused of Abusing Disabled Victim Facing More Charges" --- New charges have been brought against a Drummond Island man accused of criminal sexual assault charges involving a ... --- ABC 10 News NOW --- September 11, 2014 (MISSISSIPPI) http://is.gd/369WzI
46. "Sentencing Scheduled for Mom of Autistic Girl" --- Sentencing is scheduled for next month for a northern Michigan woman accused of trying to kill her autistic 14-year-old daughter ... --- Fox 28 --- September 9, 2014 (MICHIGAN) http://is.gd/T9iR6w
47. "DHS Report: Employee Recorded Duluth Group Home Resident Masturbating" --- According to the report, the vulnerable adult's buttocks was showing when they leaned over. Another staff member observed the employee saying they ... --- WDIO-TV --- September 11, 2014 (MINNESOTA) http://is.gd/xVvo6j
48. "David Curtis of St. Martin Charged with Assault of Mentally-challenged Teen" --- A 19-year-old St. Martin man has been charged with assaulting a mentally-challenged juvenile teen. According to Jackson ... --- Mississippi Press --- September 11, 2014 (MISSISSIPPI) http://is.gd/1D4qNe
49. "Man Gets Probation for Drunken Driving Crash in which He Blamed Disabled Son" --- According to prosecutors, Clifford Raymond Edwards Jr. told police that his adult disabled son was driving at the time of the crashes on July 9, 2013. --- Billings Gazette --- September 12, 2014 (MONTANA) http://is.gd/No5RZX
50. "Patient Accused of Assault: Trenton Psychiatric Hospital is 'A Total Nightmare' " --- A New Brunswick man accused of assaulting a patient at Trenton Psychiatric Hospital with his shoe told a judge he would rather take a ... --- The Times, Trenton - NJ.com --- September 15, 2014 (NEW JERSEY) http://is.gd/Aped8V
51. "Former Robbinsville Cop Being Sued for Attack on Disabled Couple" --- Lawyer Robin Lord is suing the ailing Robbinsville cop who allegedly attacked a disabled couple and their son at the Project Freedom ... --- The Trentonian --- September 11, 2014 (NEW JERSEY) http://is.gd/1Kcrqt
52. "Syracuse Caregiver Accused of Stealing Benefits from Mentally Ill Patients Pleads Guilty" --- Alfonso Bradshaw, accused of stealing benefits from group home residents, stands in Onondaga County Court earlier this month. --- The Post-Standard - syracuse.com --- September 16, 2014 (NEW YORK) http://is.gd/vhZEji
53. "Exclusive: Mom Who Attempted to Kill Herself and Autistic Daughter Speaks out from Prison ..." --- Kelli Stapleton, the Michigan mom accused of attempting to kill her teenage daughter who suffers from autism, speaks with Dr. Phil from prison. --- Huffington Post --- September 15, 2014 (NEW YORK) http://is.gd/QOMmKf
54. "Brooklyn Center for Disabled Adults Mistreated Blacks, Hispanics: Suit" --- A mentally disabled black man was forced to dress up as Michael Jackson and sometimes wear women's clothes to entertain Russian clients at the ... --- New York Daily News --- September 14, 2014 (NEW YORK) http://is.gd/wPksrS
55. "Crook Steals Blind Man's Wallet in NYC" --- A heartless crook stole a blind man's wallet on a Brooklyn street on Tuesday, authorities said. Surveillance video released by police shows the ... --- New York Post --- September 12, 2014 (NEW YORK) http://is.gd/1o7cPB
56. "Blind Man Speaks out After Being Robbed" --- Mark Kamenogorsky lost his eyesight three decades ago during an accident. Despite being legally blind, he stays active working as a massage ... --- WABC-TV --- September 12, 2014 (NEW YORK) http://is.gd/nXlOIQ
57. "Ex-supervisor of West Seneca Group Home Admits Theft" --- The former supervisor of a group home supervisor in West Seneca operated by the state Office for People with Developmental Disabilities pleaded ... --- Buffalo News --- September 12, 2014 (NEW YORK) http://is.gd/ueDDSm
58. "Parents Furious After 8-Year-Old Girl Goes Missing from LI School" --- Michael is furious that she had no idea that her daughter, a special needs third grader, walked out in the middle of a school day, and was missing for ... --- CBS Local --- September 11, 2014 (NEW YORK) http://is.gd/JqikNt
59. "Mom Forced Drugs Down Throat of Autistic Son, 8, in NYC ..." --- Prosecutors say a multimillionaire mom killed her autistic 8-year-old son by forcing a toxic cocktail of painkillers and other drugs down his throat ... --- Fox News --- September 10, 2014 (NEW YORK) http://is.gd/N9Wmz9
60. "Family of Mentally Ill Rikers Inmate Sues New York City over His Death" --- Unbeknown to correction officers in the mental health unit, where he had been confined for seven days, he had tied a rubber band around his genitals, ... --- New York Times --- September 10, 2014 (NEW YORK) http://is.gd/afxhyw
61. "Woman Accused of Killing Autistic Son to Go on Trial" --- Gigi Jordan with her son, Jude Mirra, who was autistic and mute, in an undated photo. Ms. Jordan is accused of murder in the boy's death. --- New York Times --- September 9, 2014 (NEW YORK) http://is.gd/S7YFKD
62. "Quick Plea Expected for Syracuse Caregiver Accused of Stealing Benefits from Mentally Ill Patients" --- Alfonso Bradshaw, 62, admitted he stole $17,000 worth of benefits from group home residents to fuel his crack habit. Much of the stolen money he sold ... --- The Post-Standard - syracuse.com --- September 9, 2014 (NEW YORK) http://is.gd/AM0l6J
63. "NC Nursing Home Reaches $35,000 Settlement over Charges it Discriminated Against Disabled Worker" --- A North Carolina long-term care company has reached a $35,000 settlement over charges that it discriminated against a cook/dietary aide with a ... --- McKnight's Long Term Care News --- September 11, 2014 (NORTH CAROLINA) http://is.gd/6dsvTs
64. "New Hanover County Teacher Arrested, Accused of Making Racial Threats" --- Wanda Leggett, 49, a special education teacher at Ashley High School, was arrested and released on September 6 after her neighbor, Lana Allen, ... --- WECT-TV6 --- September 8, 2014 (NORTH CAROLINA) http://is.gd/f7z5oS
65. "Beaufort County Man Accused of Assaulting Child with Disability" --- Squires is charged with assault on a handicapped person, assault inflicting serious injury in the presence of a minor, assault on a child under 12, and ... --- WCTI12.com --- September 5, 2014 (NORTH CAROLINA) http://is.gd/OxOrcL
66. "Cleveland Sex Offender Breaks Disabled 4-year-old Son's Jaw" --- Cleveland police are on the hunt for a sex offender accused of breaking the jaw of his 4-year-old son who has cerebral palsy. --- The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com --- September 18, 2014 (OHIO) http://is.gd/A7OVwt
67. "Sidney Woman Sentenced in Thefts from Disabled" --- A Sidney woman convicted of thefts from developmentally disabled adults was sentenced Monday to five years of community control … --- WHIO --- September 9, 2014 (OHIO) http://is.gd/u11C8i
68. "Drew Carey Offers $10,000 Reward after Alleged Prank on Autistic Boy" --- Drew Carey, pictured in 2013, offered a reward to help police find those who allegedly dumped a bucket of water, urine and spit on a boy. --- Los Angeles Times --- September 7, 2014 (OHIO) http://is.gd/1T1Z2T
69. "School District with Large Special Needs Population Goes from 'A' School to 'F' School in Two Years" --- "A lot of schools don't accept transfers of special needs students because it lowers their grade on the state report card or causes them to fail," says ... --- kfor.com --- September 17, 2014 (OKLAHOMA) http://is.gd/Cv86O8
70. "Woman in Wheelchair Stabbed, Robbed in Southwest Philadelphia" --- A woman in a wheelchair was stabbed and robbed in Southwest Philadelphia and it's the third attack on a disabled person in the area in the last week. --- 6abc.com --- September 10, 2014 (PENNSYLVANIA) http://is.gd/qkqeWV
71. "Police: Woman Caught on Video Stealing Handicapped Man's Wallet" --- A woman has been arrested after she stole a handicapped man's wallet from his back pocket while in line at a convenience ... --- WYFF Greenville --- September 5, 2014 (SOUTH CAROLINA) http://is.gd/x59zav
72. "Memphis Man Enters Guilty Plea for Raping Disabled Woman" --- A man pleaded guilty to raping a disabled woman, according to the Shelby County District Attorney's office. From the District Attorney's office press ... --- Memphis Commercial Appeal --- September 18, 2014 (TENNESSEE) http://is.gd/RQV24u
73. " 'Unnecessary' Death of Disabled Daughter Leads to Arrests" --- A retired Tarrant County investigator who spent more than four decades in law enforcement was arrested Tuesday on accusations ... --- Fort Worth Star Telegram --- September 16, 2014 (TEXAS) http://is.gd/Gsxjsw
74. "Missing Cedar Park Boy's Father Was Arrested in 2011 for Attacking Disabled Teen" --- The father of a missing 2-year-old Cedar Park boy was one of five area residents arrested for beating a mentally disabled boy in Cedar Park and has a ... --- Hillcountrynews --- September 12, 2014 (TEXAS) http://is.gd/DrtRWq
75. "Convicted Sex Offender Faces Life in Prison" --- The district attorneys office says the convicted sex offender did the same thing, but, this time he targeted a special needs child. "If I find that allegation ... --- KRIS Corpus Christi News --- September 11, 2014 (TEXAS) http://is.gd/dZojOg
76. "Man Sentenced for Repeated Rape of Autistic Girl" --- A man who pleaded no contest to a charge that he had raped an autistic girl from the time she was in eighth grade until she was 16 ... --- mySanAntonio.com --- September 9, 2014 (TEXAS) http://is.gd/InoVwk
77. "Texas Mom Found Not Guilty in Strangling of 2 Kids" --- A North Texas woman accused of strangling her two special-needs children because she wanted "normal kids" has been found not ... --- Chron.com --- September 9, 2014 (TEXAS) http://is.gd/4yWFm3
78. "Jurors Give Canyon Lake Man Probation for Aggravated Sexual Assault of Disabled Person" --- The sentence for a Canyon Lake man convicted of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Disabled Person was probation. Jurors in ... --- Radio NB --- September 8, 2014 (TEXAS) http://is.gd/isM5lq
79. "Man Robs Woman Confined to Wheelchair" --- She was traveling around 1051 W. 400 S. when a man with a knife confronted her. He grabbed a bag from her lap then tried to take her purse. --- KUTV 2News --- September 12, 2014 (UTAH) http://is.gd/I2PVXE
80. "Mentally Ill Charged with Crimes Lack Timely Access to Hospital Care" --- Suffering from paranoia and delusions, Ji Ying Kerr needed to be hospitalized for psychiatric treatment. Instead, the 74-year-old spent four months in ... --- The Seattle Times --- September 13, 2014 (WASHINGTON) http://is.gd/yzYP3N
81. "Caught on Camera: Thief Steals Tablet from Disabled Woman at Seattle Mall, Suspect Arrested" --- It's the surveillance video that outraged people across the country. A thief rips a tablet right from the hands of a disabled woman in a wheelchair in a ... --- WPTV --- September 10, 2014 (WASHINGTON) http://is.gd/9t3Vj0
82. "Man Accused of Killing Half-brother Reaches Deal" --- A man accused of fatally beating his autistic half-brother and hiding his body has reached a plea deal with prosecutors in Dane County. --- The Oshkosh Northwestern --- September 16, 2014 (WISCONSIN) http://is.gd/BNbbYM
83. "Worker Who Wrapped Tape around Mouth, Nose of Disabled Woman gets Night in Jail, Year of Probation" --- Cray ordered Nelson to write a letter of apology to the developmentally disabled woman and the woman's parents. Nelson is to perform 50 hours of ... --- Madison.com --- September 15, 2014 (WISCONSIN) http://is.gd/3LqJgh
84. "Wausau Man Gets 3 Months Jail for Blackmailing Cognitively Disabled Man" --- A 24-year-old Wausau man convicted of blackmailing a cognitively disabled man will spend three months in jail and three years probation. --- WSAW --- September 12, 2014 (WISCONSIN) http://is.gd/CtvkV1
Seeking Improved Support
85. "Disability Rights Activists Arrested After Downtown Protest" --- According to Little Rock Police, 36 disability rights activists were arrested outside the offices of the Arkansas Health Care ... --- KATV --- September 15, 2014 (ARKANSAS) http://is.gd/3N6yur
86. "Skid Row Sweep Finds Many Homeless with Medical, Psychiatric Needs" --- A skid row cleanup effort launched in August found more than 100 people who needed immediate medical and psychiatric attention. --- Los Angeles Times --- September 11, 2014 (CALIFORNIA) http://is.gd/4SN2NZ
87. "Stanislaus County to Strengthen Mental Health Services for Foster Youth" --- Group homes and a notorious county center were filled with mentally ill and abused children, resulting in frequent lawsuits and demands for reform. --- Modesto Bee --- September 11, 2014 (CALIFORNIA) http://is.gd/xfqsBf
88. "Exposing a National Crisis in Black Mental Health Behind Bars" --- The situation of the mentally ill in jail is so dangerous and oppressive that the Department of Justice found unconstitutional conditions for the mental ... --- San Francisco Bay View --- September 10, 2014 (CALIFORNIA) http://is.gd/rDChLk
89. "Conference to Focus on Preventing Bullying for Students with Disabilities" --- One out of four students will be bullied by another youth, and children with disabilities are two to three times more likely to be bullied ... --- Bradenton Herald --- September 17, 2014 (FLORIDA) http://is.gd/qNBII6
90. "Disability Rights Center Sues State on Behalf of Autistic Children on Medicaid, Seeks Therapy" --- The Hawaii Disability Rights Center has filed a class-action lawsuit seeking state-funded therapy for children with autism who are on ... --- The Republic --- September 10, 2014 (HAWAII) http://is.gd/HW9BHe
91. "Mental Health Workers a Much-needed Field in Nevada" --- Popular mental health careers include social workers; psychologists; substance abuse counselors; marriage and family therapists; and psychiatrists. --- Las Vegas Review-Journal --- September 7, 2014 (NEVADA) http://is.gd/48Q926
92. "Mother of Special Needs Son Questions Program" --- A local parent says her special needs son has been asked to leave a newly implemented before and after school program through the ... --- York County Coast Star --- September 18, 2014 (NEW HAMPSHIRE) http://is.gd/SKIVja
93. "Disabled Bronx Tenants Claim Landlord is Trying to Force Them Out of Rent-stabilized Apartments" --- …12 in Manhattan Federal Court by four disabled Pelham Parkway building tenants and Public Advocate Letitia James alleging Goldfarb Properties ... --- New York Daily News --- September 17, 2014 (NEW YORK) http://is.gd/95Juld
94. "NYC Private School Special Ed Services Delayed" --- Parents on Staten Island say hundreds of Catholic school students have not received special education services since the start of ... --- Newsday --- September 16, 2014 (NEW YORK) http://is.gd/YizAnP
95. "One in Three Homeless Are Mentally Ill in Marion, Polk" --- More than one in three homeless adults in Marion and Polk counties reported a mental health disability, according to the 2014 Homeless Count ... --- Statesman Journal --- September 16, 2014 (OREGON) http://is.gd/5gsRkV
96. "Mother of Teen Who Escaped Detention Center Questions Guards" --- Now, she is demanding that someone be held accountable for appears to be happening inside the Woodland Hills Youth Development Center. --- WMC Action News 5 --- September 16, 2014 (TENNESSEE) http://is.gd/2GkUma
97. "Evicted and Helpless: Disabled Residents to Be Forced Out of State Supported Living Center" --- ... and possibly life-threatening alterations to this severely handicapped individual's services over the objections of the plaintiff and co-guardian. --- Austin Chronicle --- September 19, 2014 (TEXAS) http://is.gd/EOmHyZ
98. "Center Dad Says Their Needs to be More Special Need Resources in East Texas" --- Saturday afternoon community leaders, educators and advocates came together to host a special needs health fair in Lufkin. Five-year-old Jade ... --- KTRE --- September 13, 2014 (TEXAS) http://is.gd/SxizQJ
99. "School Board Adopts Resolutions Drawing Attention to Bullying Prevention, Disability Awareness" --- October will be recognized in Williamsburg-James City Schools as both "Bullying Prevention Month" and "Disability History and ... --- Virginia Gazette --- September 16, 2014 (VIRGINIA) http://is.gd/hHtMCO
100. "Report Warns Against Cutting More Acute Care Beds at Mental Health Complex" --- It will shutter Rehab Central, the 72-bed skilled nursing facility for psychiatric patients, by the end of 2015. Today's report focuses specifically on what ... --- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel --- September 16, 2014 (WISCONSIN) http://is.gd/6HPPQx
101. "Proposed Cuts to Mental Health, Developmentally Disabled Adults Opposed at County Forum" --- He cited an incident the first week into his tenure, when two Madison police officers fatally shot a mentally ill man in an East Side apartment in May ... --- Madison.com --- September 12, 2014 (WISCONSIN) http://is.gd/pReCYy
Proposed Legislation and New Laws
102. "Mother of Drowning Victim Gene Ferguson Wants New Law after Autistic Son's Death" --- Born on September 11th, a local family remembered their son who drowned in a lake just feet from their home this summer. --- KSHB --- September 11, 2014 (MISSOURI) http://is.gd/XtWFRI
103. "NJ Panel Approves Tougher Inspection, Investigation Requirements to Protect Disabled People" --- With a surge of developmental disabled residents moving into community homes, an Assembly panel has approved a bill that will ... --- NJ.com --- September 12, 2014 (NEW JERSEY) http://is.gd/pTBuTa
104. "New Law Will Help Police Track Missing Vulnerable Adults" --- "With an aging population and a growing need for comprehensive information on these missing vulnerable adults, I am pleased the Assembly and ... --- Legislative Gazette --- September 15, 2014 (NEW YORK) http://is.gd/FuTqB4
International Articles
105. "Elderly and Disabled under Increasing Threat of Abuse in Homes, Says Public Advocate" --- Ms Pearce and volunteer community visitors called for an inquiry into group homes and full public reporting of all incidents and allegations of abuse ... --- The Age --- September 18, 2014 (AUSTRALIA) http://is.gd/KXYz2A
106. "Man Charged over Alleged Sex Assault of Intellectually Disabled Men" --- A man has been charged over alleged sexual offences against three intellectually disabled men over the past three years. NSW Police arrested a ... --- Sydney Morning Herald --- September 17, 2014 (AUSTRALIA) http://is.gd/ysE1bv
107. "WA Courts 'Need More Options' for Cases Involving Mentally Impaired People" --- There have been renewed calls for Western Australia to follow other states and provide courts with more options when dealing with mentally impaired ... --- ABC Online --- September 17, 2014 (AUSTRALIA) http://is.gd/Na6Wup
108. "Case of Indigenous Man's Indefinite Jailing Without Trial Sparks Reform Push" --- … without trial after being imprisoned as a teenager, in what disability advocates have labelled an "extraordinary" violation of human rights. --- The Guardian --- September 16, 2014 (AUSTRALIA) http://is.gd/edMbrb
109. "Autism Sets Back Families $35,000 a Year, WA Study Finds" --- Families of children with autism are facing tens of thousands of dollars in costs and lost income, a Western Australian researcher has found. The study ... --- ABC Online --- September 14, 2014 (AUSTRALIA) http://is.gd/PONgvU
110. "Mentally Ill Victorians Could be Cut Off from Vital Services" --- Up to 10,000 mentally ill Victorians could be cut off from vital health services because they do not meet tough eligibility guidelines for the national ... --- The Age --- September 10, 2014 (AUSTRALIA) http://is.gd/XXQ3Yl
111. "Increase in Suicides after Media Coverage of Tasmanian Teen's Death, Mental Health Council Reports" --- The Mental Health Council strongly supports anti-bullying initiatives but said there was no evidence of a link between suicide and bullying. --- The West Australian --- September 8, 2014 (AUSTRALIA) http://is.gd/LTV5hJ
112. "Strapped In and Locked Up: Shocking Photos Reveal How Autistic Children are Treated in Australian ..." --- A mother has revealed shocking photographs of her autistic twin boys being strapped in and restrained at a specialist school run by a principal with ... --- Daily Mail --- September 8, 2014 (AUSTRALIA) http://is.gd/rM3BrD
113. "$120k Pilot Project to Tackle Vancouver's Mental Health Crisis" --- The police department consults with the health authority regularly, which also coordinates on-the-ground services that deal directly with the mentally ill ... --- Vancouver Sun --- September 17, 2014 (CANADA) http://is.gd/gAUhzA
114. "Lawsuit Claims Abuse at Saskatchewan Schools for Intellectually Disabled" --- The schools were designed to train the intellectually disabled for jobs but also provided long-term care. "They were disadvantaged and, as a result of ... --- Coast Reporter --- September 11, 2014 (CANADA) http://is.gd/kII1XO
115. "Discrimination in School System Against Special Needs Students being Investigated" --- "It is essential that each student with special needs can get the services they are entitled to and evolve in an environment free from discrimination," ... --- Montreal Gazette --- September 10, 2014 (CANADA) http://is.gd/9q9697
116. "More Needs to Be Done for Alberta's Special Needs Students: Report" --- The Alberta Teachers' Association says inclusion of special needs students in the classroom requires a cultural shift - one the province ... --- Sun News Network --- September 10, 2014 (CANADA) http://is.gd/NQOgt0
117. "Group Calls for Human Rights Investigation into Voting in Hamilton" --- A Hamilton group that advocates for people with disabilities wants federal and provincial human rights commissions to investigate transportation ... --- CBC.ca --- September 10, 2014 (CANADA) http://is.gd/snpgDC
118. "Psychiatric Nurse Faces Jail after Being Found Guilty of Fondling Mental Patient at Ward" --- A psychiatric nurse has been warned he faces jail after he was found guilty of fondling a female mental patient on the ward where she was being ... --- Exeter Express and Echo --- September 17, 2014 (ENGLAND) http://is.gd/7gqXon
119. "Rochdale Paedophile Bus Driver's Jail Sentence Increased for Grooming Autistic Boy" --- A paedophile bus driver who groomed an autistic teenager before swapping explicit pictures with him over Facebook has had his 'too soft' jail term ... --- Manchester Evening News --- September 11, 2014 (ENGLAND) http://is.gd/ZJI8HG
120. "School Teacher Held for Molesting Mentally Challenged Girl" --- In his complaint, Majid Mohammed said his niece was mentally challenged and used to attend class 7 for disabled students in the school. --- Hindustan Times --- September 12, 2014 (INDIA) http://is.gd/nXnh5R
121. "Mum Accused of Sex Offences against Disabled Woman 'Living in Terror' " --- A Northern Ireland mother accused of sexual offences against a captive mentally disabled woman has been left in "psychological terror" because of ... --- Belfast Telegraph --- September 11, 2014 (IRELAND) http://is.gd/TczshP
122. "UN Scrutiny for Treatment of Disabled" --- In 2008, New Zealand ratified the United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, a human rights convention that seeks to protect ... --- Radio New Zealand --- September 15, 2014 (NEW ZEALAND) http://is.gd/xWvkfa
123. "NGO Slams Treatment of Disabled Children in Russian Orphanages" --- Nearly 30 percent of Russian children with disabilities live in state-run orphanages, though most of them have at least one living parent, as whenever ... --- The Moscow Times --- September 16, 2014 (RUSSIA) http://is.gd/vVNpVR
124. "Singaporean Mother Charged with Killing
Autistic 7-year-old Son" --- A Singaporean woman was charged Monday
with the murder of her autistic seven-year-old son who was found at
the foot of their high-rise public ... --- MSN Philippines News ---
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- For seven days I followed the Mediterranean diet to the best of my ability.
- I focused on vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and lean protein.
- The diet wasn't very hard to follow, but it was pretty vague.
- It felt more like a guide to healthy eating than it did a formal diet.
When nutritionists rank popular diets, the Mediterranean diet often comes out at or near the top.
Its well-touted health benefits include everything from improved memory function to a longer life.
It's also a favorite among celebrities like Christie Brinkley and Penelope Cruz.
The diet includes:
- A focus on plant-based foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, and nuts
- Olive oil, rather than other oils or butter
- Replacing salt with other spices
- Meat and dairy in moderation
- And everyone's favorite part of the diet - red wine (in moderation, of course).
Its high ranking is likely due to its long-term sustainability, which more restrictive diets don't tend to have. The Mediterranean diet doesn't explicitly exclude any food group. It just encourages better choices within each one (i.e. replacing red meat with salmon and butter with olive oil).
The health benefits are also numerous. Studies show that following the diet may reduce your risk of heart disease, cancer, Parkinson's Disease, and Alzheimer's.
As a pescaterian who leans more towards vegetarian, this is one of the few diets I feel I could actually follow. Paleo, Whole30, Atkins, and Keto diets focus too heavily on meat for me, but this one seemed easier.
I knew my challenge would be getting enough of everything. Recommendations are about 6-7 servings of fruits and vegetables and 5-6 servings of whole grains each day. I love fruits and vegetables, but 6-7 servings is a lot. I also eat mostly gluten/grain-free, so I was going to have to make a point of incorporating more grains to make this work.
Day one: I cheated already.
My day started out fine. For breakfast, I had oatmeal with flax and chia seeds, and an apple with coconut peanut butter. Aside from the addition of the apple, this was fairly similar to the oatmeal I would normally eat.
I was out running errands at lunchtime, so I stopped in to Jason's Deli for the salad bar. I shied away from all the things on the bar I would normally get — pasta salad, croutons, avocado ranch dressing — since I wasn't sure about the ingredients. Instead, I had a colorful salad of veggies, beans, and a hard-boiled egg.
For dinner, I made zucchini noodles with mushrooms, onions, and tomato sauce. Since there wasn't any protein, and I don't particularly like seafood with my pasta, I cooked up some faux meat crumbles. These are definitely not a "whole food" and therefore probably not allowed on the diet, but I had to break the rules just this once.
Day two: Following the diet while eating out was harder than I thought.
For breakfast I had cereal with chia and flax seeds, shredded coconut, and almond milk. After breakfast, my day was full of the usual Sunday errands and then some, so I didn't get to prepare any food the rest of the day.
My fiance was dying to go to a barbecue place near our house, and I didn't want to ruin his lunch with my diet, so we went. This was my biggest test so far (and probably all week). Normally at that restaurant I get a five-cheese grilled cheese on Texas toast and fries, but that wasn't going to work this week. Instead, I chose a salmon salad that included quinoa, chickpeas, and lots of veggies. It was good, but I started hating the diet for taking my grilled cheese from me.
We finished the day late, and I didn't feel like cooking. So we ran by the the grocery store and grabbed a bunch of stuff from the deli. I chose a chickpea and tomato salad, quinoa, and riced cauliflower.
I think I did OK given the circumstances, but I didn't get nearly enough fruit.
Day three: I spent all my time in the kitchen.
I made an egg and vegetable scramble for breakfast that I paired with a banana. I cooked some extra vegetables to go with some whole grain pasta I was making for lunch. Cooking both meal simultaneously meant I had to get up earlier than normal, and I was not happy about it.
As a mid-morning snack, I had an apple and a Mamma Chia pudding.
Dinner was a shrimp fajita bowl with whole grain rice, pinto beans, avocado, and salsa.
Day four: I stopped getting fancy.
I was already tired of cooking every meal, which I know I didn't technically have to, but was required based on the meal plan I had prepared.
For breakfast I again had cereal with chia and flax seeds, shredded coconut, and almond milk. My lunch, because I was too lazy to prepare anything else, was leftover pinto beans, rice, peppers, and onions from dinner the night before.
I was still tired and lazy when I got home from work, so I threw a bunch of stuff in the oven and called it a night. I had roasted chickpeas with balsamic brussels sprouts and zucchini. It was actually one of the best things things I'd made all week and took practically no effort.
Day five: I started getting bored with the foods.
I did eggs and kale with a banana and coconut butter for breakfast. Even though it was a good amount of food and protein, I was still starving pretty early in the day. I ate another Mamma Chia pudding and pushed through.
For lunch, I had leftover chickpeas, along with some rice and asparagus I hastily cooked that morning.
As I usually do, I had bought way too many vegetables at the store that week, so this night was a "clean out the refrigerator" kind of night. I hate wasting foods, so I basically cooked all the vegetables I had. This amounted to garlic-roasted swordfish steaks, the rest of the rice from lunch, roasted asparagus, sauteed peppers and onions, and some sauteed baby kale. It was so good that I was nearly finished before I remembered I should have taken a picture.
Day six: I'm not sure if I broke the rules or not.
I went back to my quick breakfast of cereal with chia and flax seeds, and almond milk. I left out the coconut this time, because having it in the milk started grossing me out. I also had a banana and coconut butter.
I was really rushed this morning, so I grabbed an Amy's microwavable meal from the freezer for lunch. I looked over the ingredients and thought they were okay, but that's actually one of the issues with the Mediterranean diet — there aren't super defined rules, so you're on your own to figure out what is "allowed."
For dinner I made one of my go-tos — a Mexican casserole. I used black beans, whole grain rice, corn, tomatoes, and avocado. This is one of my favorite recipes, and I was so glad I was able to use it on this diet. It also makes enough for leftovers, so I planned to have them for lunch the next day.
Day seven: The "diet" wasn't so bad.
I finished the week with a breakfast of yogurt, seeds, almonds, and a banana. My lunch was leftover Mexican casserole from the night before.
For dinner, I celebrated by giving myself a break from cooking. I grabbed a French Quarter Bowl from a Grabbagreen, an organic/whole foods restaurant nearby. It had shrimp, quinoa, onion, tomato, and avocado, and it really hit the spot. As my final act on the Mediterranean diet, I had a delicious glass of red wine.
Overall, I don't feel drastically different, but that's likely because my diet wasn't drastically changed. The Mediterranean diet felt, to me, more like a basic guide for healthy eating. Because of that, I think it's something I'll actually be able to follow moving forward, with some treats added in here and there.
The lack of formal structure was actually a problem for me, though. There were too many things up for interpretation. What exactly is eating dairy in moderation? Once a week? Once a day? Without knowing, I just avoided it altogether for the most part.
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The most highly decorated hero of the Norwegian resistance in the second world war, Gunnar Sønsteby, who has died aged 94, became a master of disguise, forgery and espionage to sustain a prolonged sabotage campaign against the Nazi occupiers of his country. He had taken the invasion personally, resenting "the humiliation of seeing those green-uniformed creatures tramping our streets," as he recalled in his memoirs.
The Germans were certain to seize neutral Norway once the "phoney war" ended in spring 1940. They were heavily dependent on Swedish iron ore, which went by rail to Norwegian Atlantic ports when the direct route through Sweden and across the Baltic was closed by ice. It was then shipped to Germany via the complex waterways between the mainland and offshore islands. Most of this route was inside Norwegian waters and therefore legally sacrosanct.
Meanwhile the SS Altmark, former supply vessel for the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, scuttled after the battle of the River Plate in December 1939, sailed undetected from South America to the North Cape, where she entered Norwegian waters. British destroyers illegally forced her into a fjord south of Stavanger in mid-February. When they boarded, British sailors were amazed to find 299 British prisoners on board, from ships sunk by the Graf Spee – a handy excuse for breaching Norwegian neutrality.
In response, however, the Germans in early April invaded Norway, which fell in two months, regardless of stubborn local resistance and a generally inept Anglo-French intervention. Sønsteby resolved to get to Britain in a small boat to join a fledgling resistance unit, but frostbite in northern Sweden on his way to the coast forced him to return to Oslo.
He volunteered for the initially cautious Milorg (military organisation) resistance movement but, impatient for significant action against the occupiers, began to gather intelligence by brazenly offering his services to the pro-Nazi Norwegian state police, giving him excuses to travel and gather information. He was able to cross the long and often remote mountain border into neutral Sweden several times, making his way to the British embassy in Stockholm, where he contacted the Special Operations Executive (SOE), the agency set up to organise sabotage in occupied territories. He became SOE agent number 24.
One of his first assignments was to gather information about the new U-boat and port facilities the Germans were building at Trondheim, in the far north. When his colleague's radio transmitter broke down, Sønsteby crossed into Sweden again to obtain spare parts. To facilitate his travels within Norway he taught himself how to forge an array of German documents. His many disguises enabled him to evade the Gestapo.
In summer 1942 he stole banknote-printing plates of the Norwegian state bank to help the SOE fund operations in Norway, smuggling them over the Swedish border. One of his accomplices in this escapade was arrested by the Gestapo, prompting Sønsteby to lie low in Sweden. While there he was persuaded by SOE to go to Britain for special training.
Returning to the Oslo area by parachute in November 1943, he found the capital a much more threatening place than it had been. His father and a number of resistance colleagues had been imprisoned. Tension between Milorg and SOE had risen as a result of British pinprick commando raids on Norwegian targets, which prompted brutal Nazi retaliation.
Sønsteby now took a co-ordinating role covering the greater part of Norway, including the bulk of the country's long Atlantic coastline and the principal ports. As a captain, he commanded "Norwegian Independent Company 1", later known as the Linge Company in honour of its executed first leader. A long list of subsequent bold sabotage operations included some strategic coups, such as destroying official records the Germans were using to round up young Norwegians for the Russian front or forced labour. Arms plants and artillery batteries, chemical works and German aircraft were blown up and merchant ships sunk.
He organised the destruction of 75,000 ration books, which frustrated a German plan to reduce the already meagre official ration. When the allies invaded Normandy in June 1944, the Norwegian resistance sabotaged the railways, preventing the Wehrmacht from sending reinforcements southwards.
Sønsteby, born in Rjukan, south Norway, was a student in 1940. After the war he went to Harvard to complete his studies and worked in the oil industry abroad and at home. Uniquely he was awarded the War Cross with three swords, the highest decoration ever conferred by Norway, as well as the British DSO and the US Medal of Freedom. A grateful nation and royal family honoured his heroism throughout his long postwar life.
His wife, Anne-Karin, and three daughters survive him.
• Gunnar Fridtjof Thurmann Sønsteby, Norwegian resistance fighter, born 11 January 1918; died 10 May 2012


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Carmen J. Cortez, CAN's new Associate Director, has joined CAN's staff in Santa Cruz, California. Prior to joining CAN, Carmen facilitated the development of COO-PERA, a worker-owned fruit and vegetable cooperative, and co-developed the organizational infrastructure to create a community land trust and cooperative incubation program for the East side of Los Angeles.
Carmen holds a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of California Davis Graduate Group in Ecology (GGE). Her dissertation work on human ecology focused on examining agroecological strategies used for intensifying milpa farming by Mayan farmers and the impact of the formalized school system on time spent acquiring TEK by young people in the Mayan region of Southern Belize.
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Good stuff. My tip to anyone looking to try out a tandem is for the stoker to lightly rest their feet on the pedals when moving away from a standstill if the gradient permits. I just say "pedal" when I'm moving along comfortably - it avoids fighting one another, which can sometimes happen when captain and stoker are initially out of synch. Go for it, folks!
A bike built for two can be the secret to combining a relationship with a bike obsession, enabling cyclists of different fitness to ride together. A tandem gives you get an extra turn of speed compared to solo bikes, among other advantages. Let's take a look at the reasons you should add a tandem to your fleet, and how to choose the right one.
There is a saying that couples who play together stay together; sharing an activity can really strengthen a relationship, whether it's walking the dog, skydiving or riding bike. But for many couples the problem with cycling together is that one party is fitter, stronger or has better technique, experience, or equipment than the other. That leads to frustration on both sides as they fail to actually be together during the ride.
A tandem can solve this. You're on the same bike, so you can't get separated, but there's more to it than that. A tandem takes both riders' power and puts it through the same transmission so it doesn't matter if one rider is working harder than the other. You can hammer while your partner soft-pedals and you'll still arrive together.
This requires teamwork. The captain—the rider up front—has sole responsibility for brakes, gears and steering, but has to avoid sudden changes of direction, and to let the stoker know what's going on. It's vital that the captain warn of major changes of pace, anything that could wobble the stoker around and especially imminent bumps and potholes.
The stoker is responsible for pedalling, waving at people, and taking the mickey out of the captain, though it's important they sit reasonably still; start jumping around and you can seriously unbalance the bike.
Both parties must accept that the other may have a different capacity for effort, so if one is flagging (or is weaker) the other should look upon it as an opportunity to have a better workout whilst giving his or her partner a more enjoyable experience.
If you decide that you do want to 'play together', pitching the idea of a tandem has to be worth trying. If you're successful, you have automatic support in the 'n+1' discussion, and the alternative might be that you might have to take up your partner's chosen activity.
Once you have agreement to proceed you will need to put some work into maintaining that enthusiasm during the initial teething difficulties, and in my experience the best way to achieve that is by making sure that your partner enjoys the ride every time. That doesn't just mean agreeing to visit a pub or coffee shop, but it is more about not suffering machine malfunctions, not being uncomfortable, not suffering unnecessarily, not being made to feel nervous, not having disagreements, and so on.
When you are out cycling you will find that for some reason the public often like to shout comments to tandem riders as they pass, but unlike solo bikes these are nearly always supportive or jocular. By far and away the most common call that you will hear is "she's not pedalling", which is a standing joke in tandem circles. More imaginative types shout "she's behind you", and occasionally we hear "I want one of those" when passing the slowest member in a group of cyclists. And of course there's "can you ride tandem?" from bystanders old enough to remember the PG Tips chimps.
Need for speed
A tandem has the weight and power of two riders, but its aerodynamic drag is only a bit more than a solo. This means a tandem is a bit faster on the flat than a solo, and a lot faster on descents. It's not hard to hit well over 50mph on a fairly moderate downhill, and tandems—sometimes with as many as five riders providing the power—were used as pacing machines for track racing and the 600km Bordeaux-Paris race before the advent of derny bikes.
Tandems have a reputation for being slower uphill than solos. Many tandem teams comprise one faster and one slower rider, so their average power-to-weight ratio is lower than a fit rider on a solo, and they're slower uphill. But a pair of fit, experienced riders who are used to riding together give little or nothing away to a solo on climbs except the ability to accelerate quickly.
Living with a tandem
One issue that you will need to consider is how to store or transport the machine. If you think that's difficult with a solo bike, the challenge is greatly increased with a tandem, and having a ready solution will help your cause. On some tandems it is possible to partly address the issue with S & S couplings, which allow the frame to be broken down into small sections. But when you realise that it costs the best part of £2,000 to fit a tandem's worth of couplings this is hardly the sort of thing that a first-time buyer would consider.
The first rule of tandem life is to take a trial run with your partner to check your on-bike compatibility before fully committing. It does not matter how good a rider you are, if you can't work together as a team it will be a miserable experience for both, but get it right and both parties will feel the benefit. To put it another way, a team of two strong but incompatible riders will make 2 + 2 = 3, whereas a pair with different strengths who can work well together will make 2 + 1 = 4.
Unfortunately a test ride is not always easy. Tandems are rare beasts, and dealers that work with them are even rarer. One of the best options available, and one that I can recommend from personal experience, is a visit to JD Tandems in Yorkshire.
Tucked away on an industrial estate in Gargrave near Skipton, JD is very much a specialist 'destination store'; here you will find up to 40 tandems on display from at least 7 different brands – and every one of them is available for a free test ride. From a wide selection of conventional tandems through to electric, folding, and semi-recumbent machines, there are enough options to satisfy anyone. Just remember that it as much a test of your partnership as it is of the bike.
A similar experience is available at The Tandem Shop; you may remember it from this story about refurbishing a tandem. St. John Street Cycles also has a good reputation for their tandems.
As a rule of thumb, a tandem will cost at least twice the price of a solo bike with a similar looking specification, so you should expect the performance of a £2,000 machine to be comparable to a good solo bike costing around £1,000. If you spend the same amount on a tandem as your solo bike, don't expect them to perform to the same level.
In some cases the reason for the extra cost of a tandem is obvious: there are twice as many 'contact points', i.e. saddles, pedals, and bars, there is nearly twice as much frame and there's that extra chain and crankset in the middle.
However, some of the increased cost comes from the use of specialist parts that help to make riding a tandem fun and reliable. Components like beefed up hubs and highly-adjustable rear stems are designed to cope with the greater forces or different dimensions on a tandem, and with the lower production volumes they simply cost more.
As general rule, higher price machines will use more of these specialist parts, whereas cheaper machines will be forced to use more solo bike components to keep the price down.
You won't find the tandem equivalent of a BSO (Bicycle Shaped Object) for only a few hundred pounds, as the extra complexity and low volumes make the category unappealing to the mass market brands. A few machines are available from around £500 RRP, such as Simmonshohn and Viking, but things really start to get interesting as you approach £1,000, which is where some mainstream brands such as Dawes enter the fray.
There seems to be a sweetspot for tandems as you approach £2,000, with more brands and significantly better machinery on offer. For some brands their entire range begins and ends in this price bracket, such as the generalist brand Ridgeback; for more specialist brands such as Orbit or Thorn this is merely the start of a range that really does justify the comment "you could buy a car for that price" at the other end.
As prices climb towards £3,000 and beyond, the machinery does get better, but it is case of diminishing returns: just as with solo bikes, a doubling of price does not bring twice the performance – although you do find some very nice bikes.
A good tandem frame is more than just two solo frames stuck together, but many people have done that over the years – although not normally as well as this.
A tandem frame has to contend with more power, weight, and length, and if the frame is not stiff enough it will introduce unwelcome flexibility in the bike and a general vagueness to the handling. Extreme stiffness may be unwelcome on a solo bike, but it is much more desirable on a tandem.
Getting out of the saddle together and standing on the pedals when appropriate is just as welcome and effective on a tandem as on a solo machine. The necessary synchronisation can be hard enough to achieve at the best of times, but a flexible frame will make it considerably harder to master.
Some brands try to minimise this flex by keeping the overall length of the machine short, mainly by reducing the space given to the rear cockpit. Not surprisingly this makes for a cramped and uncomfortable experience at the back, and gives tandems a bad name. If the frame is stiff enough this is unnecessary, and the best way to achieve that is through tandem-specific choices to tube diameter and/or wall thickness – all of which cost a bit more.
When it comes to sizing, not only do both riders need a suitable size, but that particular combination needs to be available as well. It is customary to put the larger rider on the front, and standard size options reflect that. Brands can save money by offering fewer frame size combinations, but then the chance of one or both riders having to compromise is increased.
Although a tandem is never going to handle the same as a bike-for-one, a good one will give you the confidence to do almost anything that you would on a solo bike: you just have to remember about the longer wheelbase when turning, avoiding potholes, interacting with traffic, etc., and be aware of the increased risk of grounding something over rough ground.
As with any bike purchase, there will be some component choices to make, but with some extra considerations in areas where it does not pay to cut corners on a tandem.
Wheels have a harder life on a tandem than a solo because they're carrying twice as much weight, so this is not an area for economising.
Most tandem wheels follow the theory that more spokes make for a stronger wheel, so 'proper' tandem wheels will have 40 spokes, or even 48 for heavy-duty use. However, more spokes are not a substitute for a well-built wheel, so it is best to aim for both.
If you are generally light on your equipment you might be fine with 36 spokes, especially on smaller wheels, as long as top quality components are combined with good wheel building: I have been using the same 36 spoke 26-inch wheels for 13 years without problem, although rarely over rough ground or with heavy loads.
Most rear tandem hubs are 145mm wide, as this reduces the amount of dish over the 135 mm you find on mountain bikes, resulting in a more even spoke balance and improved strength. Front hubs use the regular 100 mm standard.
The only special consideration for the tyres is trying to avoid sidewall failure, which can afflict tandems; this may not be the place to use the lightest carcass in a tyre's range.
You will almost certainly want both higher and lower gears on your tandem than on a solo, even on the same roads because you'll be going faster on descents and the flat, and probably slower on the climbs, especially if one rider is tired. Single chainring set-ups are unlikely to work.
For me the ability to change the gearing on a tandem to suit your needs (once you know what they are) is as important as the standard specification. If you find that you need higher or lower gears for a particular ride then you want to be able to achieve this with only a change of chainring or cassette, and not shifters, derailleurs, and chainsets as well.
You don't have to put up with a gear range that does not meet your requirements, especially if it is likely to reduce the enjoyment of a ride and remember that it is not just your opinion that counts!
If you have different size riders you are likely to want different length cranks for each – and tandem-specific chainsets offer that. The combination of 175mm front and 170mm rear is fairly standard, and higher price chainsets often have more options. Whatever length you normally ride, having an even greater difference is especially useful if each rider has a different natural cadence, as shorter cranks make it feel easier to pedal fast, just as longer cranks make it feel harder.
A tandem usually has a triple chainset to get a wide gear range, though some manufacturers have successfully combined a double chainset with very-wide-range mountain bike cassette to achieve a less-complicated wide range set-up.
Every argument in the debate about rim versus disc brakes applies here, just to a greater degree: not only does a tandem have more mass to control, it can also make better use of very powerful brakes than any solo, because both wheels have much more weight on them to help with grip, and the distribution of that weight makes it harder to lock up the rear wheel or pitch over the bars.
In that respect, if you go with disc brakes, then there is no reason not to run the largest diameter rotors the machine will accept, front and rear. However, be aware that this can put enormous forces through the fork, so it must be designed for the job. You can't just sling a solo fork on a tandem.
Rim brakes can perform perfectly well in most situations, as long as they are of good quality and well-adjusted; we have successfully descended numerous passes in the Lake District, Alps, Pyrenees, and Dolomites with just two V-brakes. If you add in heavy luggage or wet roads, then obviously more care is required, just as it would be on a solo bike.
Tandem specifics
There are a few points to cover that won't normally be a consideration when buying a solo bike. One is a suspension seatpost at the rear. The stoker does not have a good view of the road immediately ahead and so cannot prepare for rough surfaces by lifting his or her weight off the saddle. For some people it is not a problem, but for others the bounciness is worth it to take the sting out of rough surfaces.
Even more tandem-specific is a third brake: it can be used as a supplement to the main brakes when moving, but has even more value as a parking brake. I don't like the idea of using them as a 'drag brake', because of the risk of overheating. If you have one, I suggest that it is best for it to be controlled by the captain rather than the stoker (along with all the other controls), otherwise each end of the bike might have different opinions as to when to activate it.
A tandem needs to connect the two riders' pedals so that both power the bike. The most common way to do with is with a cross-over drive, which has single chainrings on the left, connected by a timing chain. As with many specialist tandem parts, a crossover drive is more expensive than two standard chainsets, mostly as a result of the small numbers made. Some older tandems put the timing chain on the right, connected to the inner ring of a triple chainset. This means a pair of conventional chainsets can be used, but only the outer two chainrings are used as the final drive.
Life with a tandem will not suit everybody, but if you are lucky enough to have a compatible partner it is a great way to share experiences while doing your favourite activity. If you do go ahead, then it is important that both parties find it an enjoyable experience every time: work on that aspect, and if you are lucky then (like me) you will start to hear requests for upgraded equipment and ever more adventurous trips.
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Great article. Two further points to make are that
1) Some manufacturers make tandems with a small frame at the back
( we have a Dawes Duet which has 20" at the front and 13" at the back)
which is great if your wife is small (as mine is) or for taking the children out.
2) A tandem can be ridden with just the captain ( no stoker ) which means you can
( for example as I have done ) cycle with your child to school, drop her off and
then cycle on "solo " to work ( be ready for the " she's fallen off the back " comments.
If you live in South London, tandems, recumbents and special needs bikes can be hired by the hour from London Recumbents in Battersea Park and Dulwich Park - see www.londonrecumbents.co.uk.
Cycling slowly round the park on a tandem for an hour can be a good way of trying one out before
deciding whether to buy.
Ditto above. We got a (british designed) Helios mainly to transport our kids - which it is fabulous for - but also use it for two adults when needed. It is particularly handy for picking up a child from a playdate, or when my hand was in a cast and I couldn't ride solo.
The Helios, which has 20" wheels, fits kids from 3.5 yo , and is small enough to fit most trains. this also make storage easier.
In Edinburgh, Helios can be tried or rented from Laidback bikes, but a lot of us evangelistic owners will also loan out our bikes for a trial run.
I've had a tandem for a few years, although it doesn't come out very often.
You'll need extra long, tandem-specific cables for the rear brake and mech, with associated extra stretch and friction in the outers, so lube them well. I've added a couple of extra bits of outer zip-tied to the frame as guides, to stop a long length of inner flapping around and potentially getting caught on clothing. You'll probably get away with a normal cable for the front mech. If you're on hydraulic discs, you'll need a long hose, so find somewhere that cuts it off a reel.
Mine has a 3-brake set-up. The front right lever is tandem-specific and takes 2 cables to operate both the front and rear rim brakes simultaneously, which needs a bit of careful pad spacing to get even braking. The front left lever operates a rear hub brake for a bit more brake when you need it.
Communication is key, to let the stoker know what's going on up front. Get them to do any hand signals - easier for drivers behind to see it and leaves you free to concentrate on the traffic and brakes.
Just as important is anticipation - where possible, timing junctions/roundabouts to catch a gap in traffic is far preferable to having to stop and get going again.
No-one told us that you should have the bigger, heavier rider on the front, so we had him on the back, as not as confident with the controls. Does mean that they can see over your head, reducing the need for communication, at the expense of being a bit more twitchy.
You can ride a tandem solo, which is handy for nipping round to pick a mate up, or something, but brings it's own problems. I once ended up powersliding mine round a roundabout when a foreign driver started to pull out on me - the lack of weight over the back tyre and a slightly damp road meant it started to break away when I put the brakes on. Fortunately managed to recover it and carry on. There's also a danger that drivers may well hit the back wheel if they think you're actually on a solo bike.
Good article, but to correct one point, new tandems are available for a few hundred pounds, e.g. try Viking tandems on EBay.
We have lots of them in our fleet at Charlotte's Tandems and they are a great starter tandem.
Charlotte's Tandems lend tandems for free to anyone with a special need or disability throughout the UK and Ireland. For full details, see CharlottesTandems.co.uk
As a road focussed website if generally disagree that you can pick much up for a few hundred quid, however this article does show many bikes that aren't really what I'd see as a road bike. Around £650 was where Viking started to get ok with a hybrid type tandem (sales make them a bit cheaper), I'd still perhaps spend that cash better 2nd hand.
Having said all that, I clicked on Charlotte's Tandems website and keep up the good work
Having said all that, I clicked on Charlotte's Tandems website and keep up the good work
Hear, hear!
While we're at it, a big up for http://simply-cycling.org/ in Manchester that offer sessions on a range of tandems and adapted bikes/trikes at three athletics track locations, and weekend ride outs on roads/cyclepaths.
Super article Richard!
As we celebrate our 25 years of offering the Tandem Experience as a training platform along with Tandem holidays allowing couples considering the life of Tandeming a great start without commitment. This works alongside our Tandem Shop with its philosophy of creating well-designed tandems for all, from the novice through to expedition riders.
Let's hope we see more people considering Tandems as another route for cycling with your partner and to lose the fairly dated "can you ride tandem" shout that I must admit we have not heard for some time.
One particular wonderful point is that you are never old to do this as seen in our video.
I have a vintage Pashley tandem that I am looking to sell. Some cosmetic rust but everything is in working order and runs great. I can provide photos if anyone is interested.
I bought it about a year ago with the intention of doing it up a little bit, but with an imminent baby and moving house it just hasn't been used and could do with the space. Let me know if anyone is interested.
I have a vintage Pashley tandem that I am looking to sell. Some cosmetic rust but everything is in working order and runs great. I can provide photos if anyone is interested.
I bought it about a year ago with the intention of doing it up a little bit, but with an imminent baby and moving house it just hasn't been used and could do with the space. Let me know if anyone is interested.
Nah - hang on to it. I have a plan to see if, for fun, I can get the entire family on ours this summer - me, my wife and 2 kids in child seats... Be a good photo, if nothing else
I have a vintage Pashley tandem that I am looking to sell. Some cosmetic rust but everything is in working order and runs great. I can provide photos if anyone is interested.
I bought it about a year ago with the intention of doing it up a little bit, but with an imminent baby and moving house it just hasn't been used and could do with the space. Let me know if anyone is interested.
Nah - hang on to it. I have a plan to see if, for fun, I can get the entire family on ours this summer - me, my wife and 2 kids in child seats... Be a good photo, if nothing else
Ha, that would make an excellent photo!
Honestly I would love to hang onto it, but with my road bike, a hybrid winter commuter, wife's bike and daughter's bike, space is a real premium and the tandem just isn't being used so can't justify it.
Ditto above. We got a (british designed) Helios mainly to transport our kids - which it is fabulous for - but also use it for two adults when needed. It is particularly handy for picking up a child from a playdate, or when my hand was in a cast and I couldn't ride solo.
The Helios, which has 20" wheels, fits kids from 3.5 yo , and is small enough to fit most trains. this also make storage easier.
In Edinburgh, Helios can be tried or rented from Laidback bikes, but a lot of us evangelistic owners will also loan out our bikes for a trial run.
Another very happy Helios owner here. I started using it as a cargo bike with two child seats mounted in series. I've just returned it to Circe cycles to have the frame cut so that it is now a triplet (and separable to boot). It's a fantastic machine, and I can't recommend it highly enough. I detest driving in the city, and being on the same frame as my kids is the only way I feel confident to bike with them on anything other than very quiet roads. They can kick out a reasonable bit of power too, when we need to get up hills or sprint off from traffic lights.
We are very fortunate that often we get to meet our customers many of whom have travelled great distances to come and try our tandems out. As well as the typical couple looking for a new tandem we have plenty of exceptions from the norm. We have lots of visually impaired or blind rear riders wanting to get out and about on a bike often with a selection of different pilots. We have all male teams looking to take on challenges on a tandem whether it's setting the LEJOG record, circum navigating the globe or riding up Mont Ventoux three times in a day. Similarly we have all female teams looking for their next big challenge, time trailing, coast to coast and sportive events. We have families towing babies in trailers, couples who have finished work and want to tour the World. We have had tandems purchased for wedding gifts and even one couple who got engaged whilst out test riding. We have couples that have bought tandems to take home to countries including Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Hong Kong, Norway, Sweden and France to name but a few. It really goes to show how diverse the tandem market is and that there is a tandem out there for everyone.
My wife and have a second hand Mission Duet, bought on the basis that if we got on with it, we could upgrade to something better later. We haven't yet, though I have changed the chainset, and repainted the frame after dissolving a stuck rear seatpost. (I also changed the wheels, but they are still standard solo parts - my theory is that if they are built for off-road use, they'll cope with two riders on the road.)
(The main reason for an upgrade would be a better fitting frame. Because tandems are so much rarer than solos, finding a second-hand one locally in exactly the right size at the right price is much harder than finding a second-hand solo.)
But you can get new tandems for prices around double that of a BSO:
https://www.cycleking.co.uk/viking-timberwolf-tandem.html is £269.00
That's a January sale price with limited stock, but looks (based just on the web page) to be better than a typical supermarket BSO.
With my husband we love riding our Jack Taylor tandem. Luckily our set-up allows us to swap captain-stoker positions, which makes adventures even more fun.
The single thing I dislike about these rides however is the recurring "she's not pedalling" comment.
In the 3.5 years we had our tandem, we heard this countless of times but "he's not pedalling" only on a single occasion.
For me it stopped being an innocent joke, it's a constant reminder of how in mixed gendered teams credit for hard work is still often given, by default, to men.
Great article. I heartily encourage anyone to try tandeming if a suitable partner is available.
I disagree with the above comment about having to be matched in cadence. Sure, for maximum performance, that's preferable, but for riding around for fun, you just need to be able to compromise. I prefer 100rpm, my wife far lower. We still enjoy tandeming. It's not hard to remember for gear selection and a friendly reminder can always be provided if I forget
I once heard the comment that whatever direction a relationship is heading, a tandem will take it there faster! I think there's some truth in this - good communication is essential for enjoyablentandeming, especially when getting used to it.
Other important advice I'm glad I received before trying tandeming:
- it's always the captain's fault!
- learn good technique for starting and stopping before riding on the road. Captain holds bike securely upright, with feet planted well apart, while stoker climbs on and puts feet on pedals. Stoker backpedals to set pedals in captain's preferred starting position (captain will regret having feet too close together at this point!) then captain puts lead foot on pedal and you both pedal away. Stopping is the reverse - captain steps down with both legs, staying astride bike in starting position. Stoker keeps feet on pedals. If restarting, stoker positions pedals as per starting. If getting off, stoker climbs off first while captain keeps bike upright. Any attempts from captain to dismount first will result in kicked stoker!
-provide warning of gear changes and stopping and starting coasting (as well as bumps, ssharp turns etc as mentioned) until you find it to be unecessary (you'll probably find it becomes untuitive eventually)
Getting used to not steering as the stoker takes some getting used to and leanimg as usual will interfere with steering. If possible with sizing, I recommend trying swapping places as it helps understand the challenges faced by each other!
+1 for the Circe Helios, such a versatile bike and rides really well. A major advantage of riding a tandem is you can't crash into each other...
Ditto. Helios is good for the one on the back from 12 months to 99 years. I use mine every weekday for the school run and it makes cycling with a child much safer in traffic than on two seperate bikes. Much faster than a tag-along. My 9 YO son and I regularly get to 30mph (down hill!) Small enough to cycle solo and get in a normal cycle shed. Doubles up as a cargo bike - and it's fun! I love it.
+1 for the Circe Helios, such a versatile bike and rides really well. A major advantage of riding a tandem is you can't crash into each other...
Ditto. Helios is good for the one on the back from 12 months to 99 years. I use mine every weekday for the school run and it makes cycling with a child much safer in traffic than on two seperate bikes. Much faster than a tag-along. My 9 YO son and I regularly get to 30mph (down hill!) Small enough to cycle solo and get in a normal cycle shed. Doubles up as a cargo bike - and it's fun! I love it.
Brilliant article - thank you! Still sad that I'd to sell the family tandem - family all grown up, and moved away.
Couple of things I'd add?
- Great if you've kids of wildly different ages/abilities - does the youngster of the family a power of good to appear faster and stronger than her older siblings .
- Worth fitting a mirror - enjoy the view of superfit roadie, busting his lungs and legs, trying to keep up. And failing. Only time could ever scalp these guys was on the tandem .
- And if you ever get the chance to ride captain for a blind stoker, GRAB it. Whatever enjoyment your blind stoker gets from the ride, so do you as captain ... with a completely different perspective on your ride, as you provide continuing verbal commentary. Just magic. [I should perhaps mention utter despair and frustration at the A-frame and other barriers on cycle routes/paths - but that would involve extreme swearies. So I won't ....]
- And a +1 on Richard's personal recommendation for JD Tandems - https://www.tandems.co.uk
Don't forget the original reason for Tandems - they're stupid quick on the flat and absolutely terrifyingly fast downhill. I rode in a two man team for a couple of seasons - mainly for fun and charity - but the looks we got when ripping through the crowds on sportives were hilarious.
Tandems may not be particularly fast uphill but if you're the sort of riders who like to Sit and Spin up hills rather than stand up and honk it's not so bad.
Don't believe anyone who says that two brakes are enough. You might get away with it if you're a very light boy/girl or girl/girl team but two blokes need at least three separate brakes and even then, beware of heating up the rims downhill. When a 32mm Gatorskin blows off the front rim from heat it sounds like 12bore going off and then you're both passengers for the split second before the crash. We called it a day after that.... The captain does more sedate rides with his wife now.
Oh, and another vote for JD Tandems - great people.
We have a Ritchey Breakaway tandem, which has the advantage of fitting in a couple of suit cases. It has flown to the UK the past few years to tour Scotland. This year, it will fly to France. The couplers make that possible at a reasonable cost.
It is an absolute blast to ride. The bit about the stoker taking pictures is so right. Last week my wife spotted some fox kittens playing by the side of the road. I missed them because I have to watch where I am going. But she saw them and we were able to stop and enjoy a great opportunity to enjoy life.
My stoker (wife) has found that a shock absorbing seatpost is a must have for touring, as are step in pedals. We originally had Hope E4 brakes, which are intended for Mountain Bike Enduro racing, but they were not up to the task. They turned red hot with smoke pouring off when we had to make a panic stop going down a 10% single track hill on Shetland.
I contacted Hope and they were aghast that I had the E4s in that application. They were replaced with the V4 downhill racing brakes and Shimano Icetech rotors. No complaints. It is hard to have too much brake capacity on a tandem. If you have flatbars and disk brakes, consider the Trickstuff calipers. I know, they ar expensive. What ever you use, don't be cheap.
Fully loaded we run right around 450 lbs. Schwalbe 700C X 35 Marathon tires and Spinergy Tandem specific wheels. I use SRAM Eagle gears, to give us low gears when climbing. We can pedal to about 25 MPH. If gravity is in our favor, we have seen 45 MPH on the speedometer.
I can't recommend touring on a tamdem highly enough.


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