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Old 05-31-19, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by TMonk
damn these long femurs!
No! You are lucky cuz you can get way more aero than those of us with short legs. Longer legs means raising the saddle and opening up the hips, thus getting lower in the front. Long femurs vs calves means opening the hips, thus getting lower in front. All while keeping the leverage of longer cranks. I had to get 160 cranks and my shoulders are still a good 6" above my hips as low as I can go. And I can bend over and put my hands flat on the floor, I'm not super stiff.
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