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BeaconJon
In the long run I'd try and respace it to whatever hubs you're going to be using - AIUI the residual stresses in the chain/seatstays and non-parallel dropouts can cause broken axles and other problems if heavily loaded, and for a tandem that goes double. But I may well be being overly paranoid!