Good call Aaron. Out of synch cranks used to be widely touted as smoothing the power stroke, but many of us got knee problems as the main push off of a twoperson bike was tossed onto the leg power of a single captain. I'd suggest adjusting them to in-synch. Perhaps I should claify why its important for you to decide if you are a tandem fan. My purchase of a Santana some 23 years ago was with the hope that "we" would like it and we did. The bike is still going strong with some 30,000 miles or so on it and with the same wife on the back that started when the bike was new. Ride on. tom