I've tried 3 sizes of Riv's Sugino cranks on my 54cm Saluki. The 65 the 72.? and the 75? And yes, it does lower the seat. The pedalling difference can be felt. The smallest feels like rolling a ball of string, the longest like rowing. I settled with the middle size. I also changed the chainrings to larger ones (30, 40 something, 53) which slows down my cadence. For me slower is better because my right knee pops when it bends. I found the bike size makes a big difference too, my first Saluki was a too small 50cm because I measured myself wrong. I use my tip toes or stand to the side or on the curb at traffic lights.
On Monday, April 29, 2013 6:43:52 PM UTC-4, Peter M wrote: > So I have been putting more and more miles on the Bombadil and its an > awesome ride but I am having an issue riding in Brooklyn traffic. I keep > having to put my foot down at lights and don't want to dismount the saddle > every time since the 56cm size has the TT right "there". Would going to > 180mm cranks let me drop the saddle a bit and therefore be able to put my > foot a bit lower or am I just crazy? Ideally I would have something like a > Gomez but with the tubes and clearance that the Bombadil does. So outside > of saving my pennies for a custom I was thinking this would be some sort of > a solution, I know it wont be much but even being able to put my foot down > a bit more without overextending my hamstring would be great. Ebay has > these here cranks but they seem a bit overpriced > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sugino-Crank-Set-Old-School-BMX-Bike-180-mm-110-BCD-Polished-Alloy-/281037783536?_trksid=p2050601.m2372&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D207%26meid%3D7313463647018136641%26pid%3D100085%26prg%3D1112%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D281037783536%26%26clkid%3D7313464623718577442&_qi=RTM1303752 > but > I don't see a lot of 180mm or longer cranks for sale unless I am looking in > the wrong place. Any help would be appreciated. -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
