Didn't get to talk to everybody, but met quite a few.
Dina's post about our trip:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/dina/41835.html
Yeah, we rented a tandem bike. The chain kept falling off, and the shifting sucked, but that was the bike maintenance's fault, not the bike. But one thing about a tandem is that you can't stand up and pedal 3 or 4 times, then stand on one pedal and coast.... it blocks the other person pedalling. Very weird.