On March 5, 2008, Talmadge took delivery of his new purple Santana Team Niobium tandem road bike. As we stood in the parking lot at Santana Tandem, we all wondered whether Talmadge would be capable of riding this bike. A few months before, Dan Christensen, our friend and past triathlon guide for Talmadge, had gone to work for Santana. Dan was motivated to get this bike built for Talmadge with as little modification as possible. Dan said, “Talmadge is not suicidal. If you tell him to hold onto the handlebars or he will hit the pavement, he will hold onto the handlebars!” Before Dan went to work for Santana, we had discussed many seating modification options—none of which were “normal” for a road bike.