Originally Posted by
sjanzeir
II'm 5'3" inches/160 centimeters tall; and the Wise Oracle that is the internet says that ideally, I should be running 150-155mm cranks - which is totally ridiculous.
Why is it totally ridiculous? People come in a variety of sizes. It's ridiculous to expect everyone to ride on 170mm cranks. Nowadays you can get a Shimano 105 crankset in 160mm. So you don't have to downgrade to some oddball BMX crankset to get shorter.