Originally Posted by
antimonysarah
But more seriously, this is the first thread that's made me want to try shorter cranks; I'm 5'5.5" and short-legged (29" inseam men's jeans are about an inch too long), and have been fine on 170-175mm cranks, but am a poor climber and if I could get a few percent of speed from different cranks I'd take it.
I made this comment and never really thought that seriously about trying it, but now that this thread has resurfaced it occurs to me that I now have an indoor smart bike that can swap between crank lengths in a minute and ride an exactly repeatable virtual course.
Hmm.