Originally Posted by
madpogue
Not sure what a stroker is, but a tandem stoker crank would have a timing chainring on the left side, and one or more drive chainrings on the right side. That would look silly. You'd want a tandem pilot crankset, and just use a larger chainring than a typical timing ring.
On many tandems the front crankset only has the chainring on the left.
plenty of ways to set up a tandem.