This is not a very thorough review, as we only test rode two bikes. It was an unusual setup because it has a twenty inch front wheel, and a twenty-six inch rear. The seats were a very wide, comfortable, standard style bike seat, with an adjustable mesh backrest. We adjusted the seating positions for height by sliding the seat along the single tube of the frame. Halfway through our ride we switched places so that Rachel could ride as the lead driver.
Versatility is important because both tandems and recumbents tend to be quite expensive.
With a price tag of about thirty-eight hundred dollars, one would hope that it would work for an entire community, and not just one couple. The other tandem that we got to ride was a Burley mountain bike, also all Shimano, controlled by gripshifters. Never having ridden any kind of tandem before, Rachel liked the Screamer much better than the Burley. The hardest part about riding either of the tandems in general, was having to constantly pedal in synch with each other. Since we both had different instincts of when we should be pedaling instead of coasting, this created some awkward moments.