Three cheers for using shorter cranks ! I use 150/152 with long legs and sz.14 feet. 36" pbh. Slightly forward of midfoot shoe placement. Not only no loss of power, but much more efficient use of it. I can climb seated now whereas with 170-185's I never could. I mostly ride road, but do ride on some local township "roads" that are as rough and irregular as any mtb trail, and often steep and super steep. Seated climbing the whole time ;-) .
I may go even shorter to 140-145 with the next Andel triple cranks I get from Bikesmith Design, or another Origin8 double you can buy off the shelf. On Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 5:56:52 PM UTC-4, Joe Bernard wrote: > > I've recently been experimenting with 165, 155, 152 and 145 cranks (80-ish > PBH). I can't vouch for dirt riding or climbing long monster paved hills, > but I detect no leverage difference in general town riding. I rock less on > the saddle and it saves my knees, I think shorter is better. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/cde183ad-f593-488d-9247-1b036dea62f9%40googlegroups.com.
