Touring in Tandem

The story of Peter and Tracy Flucke is like a book with many chapters centered around bicycling, together and alone, for more than fifty years.

Their first tour in 1991 was one for the books; a multi-day fundraiser ride with Peter pulling their 6-month-old daughter in a trailer with his road bike. Changing diapers along the side of the road, warming bottles in gas station microwaves, what an experience!

In 1995 Peter & Tracy bought their first tandem bicycle to do longer rides with their two young daughters and realized they also liked riding as a couple. They purchased a road/touring tandem they named Violet six years later, and the rest is history. They like to say they bought their first tandem to make their family strong and bought their second to keep their marriage strong.

Bicycling, touring, and Warmshowers have introduced Peter & Tracy to a different way of looking at the world. Their mission is to help others see the world as they do; through bicycle and pedestrian eyes.

Five fun facts about Peter and Tracy:

• They tour exclusively on a tandem bicycle.
• Their first overnight stay was in Peter’s brother’s backyard, 60 miles from their home.
• They bicycle tour for both pleasure and business (We Bike Etc).
• They are still married. Ha!
• They wrote a successful book about their first cross-country trip, “Coast to Coast on a Tandem: Our Adventure Crossing the USA on a Bicycle Built for Two.” (Get it here)

Learn more about Peter and Tracy on their website, We Bike Etc, and follow their blog. Check them out on Facebook at We Bike Etc or Coast to Coast on a Tandem and on Instagram at @webikeetc. Connect with Peter on Facebook, connect with Tracy on Facebook.

Get their book, Coast to Coast on a Tandem, here.

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Theme Music by Les Konley | Produced by Les Konley

Happy riding and hosting!