Originally Posted by galen_52657
I think a lot of what you see with regard to seats all the way forward (stokers) or all the way back (captains) is simply people trying to get as close as possible to their single bike's KOP position.
I wish that were the case... but usually it has nothing to do with anything that forward thinking. When asked, most teams -- many of whom have never heard of saddle set-back or KOPS -- simply indicate that the saddle was moved forward or aft as a way of adjusting their reach, e.g., 5'2" stokers with 7.5cm - 8cm of set-back or 5'8" captains riding Medium frames with almost no set-back. Of course, my favorite mis-fit is the stoker sitting on a saddle where the non-suspension seatpost is buried in the seat tube and they're still rocking their hips, although more recent changes in tandem frame designs with shorter stoker seat tubes and sloping top tubes are making that less common.