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Old 08-04-21, 08:37 AM
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Yes, I have been looking at crank length as well. I'm not the, ahem, fittest rider out there (which probably doesn't help, with more weight on the saddle area)...and the range of motion of my legs isn't as great as it is for other folks. I can feel the difference between 175mm and 170mm cranks, and I bet I might like 165mm cranks even better (though they're relatively uncommon). After reading a bunch of articles and watching some videos, it seems that the theory on crank length has changed some over time...where it used to be thought that longer cranks provided more leverage and were, therefore, usually "better", it seems like this school of thought is changing a bit in favor of acknowledgement of benefits of shorter cranks. I'm sure, like everything, there are certain pros and cons to each length or groups of lengths ("short" or "long" relative to a certain anatomy). I would like to try a bike with 160mm or 165mm cranks, just to see how different they'd feel.
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