Are You Riding the Wrong Size Cranks?

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Crank length is a complicated but very important and interesting part of riding a bike.
For decades, riders have been sold cranks too long for them, and if you haven't changed yet, consider doing it NOW!!!

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@jonathanwoo6597 2 ай бұрын

You nailed it! That's also been my experience. It's easier to push on the pedals with shorter cranks. I'm 170cm tall with a 80cm inseam. I'm running 155s (down from 170).

@squiresuzuki 2 ай бұрын

Downsides: higher center of gravity from the saddle height increase (though tbf could theoretically be fine with lower bb), which at 188cm and going from 175mm to 165mm I really noticed. And for the same bar drop you would need to add spacers. Also, MA decreases so you need a larger cassette to get the same low gearing

@CyclespeedTours 2 ай бұрын

Good points. For me, it's just 2.5mm we're talking about so any differences are small. Extra saddle to bar drop is a good thing to have aerowise. True, re. the MA, but I didn't notice any difference with my 2.5mm, and my lowest gear is still low enough.

@jonathanwoo6597 2 ай бұрын

By opening up the hip angles you're able to rotate the hips forward to flatten your back. By going shorter I found that my bar setup needed to go lower, not higher, which is very counterintuitive. The aero benefits are huge and one of the most underrated benefits of going shorter.

@BMD8 Ай бұрын

being 188cm tall (6'2." roughly) I started with 177.5 cranks and reduced to 175 over time, but honestly wouldn't go smaller than this already. My inseam is just very slightly north of mean measurement for my height.

@MrSzwarz 2 ай бұрын

I also changed from 172.5 to 170mm, and feel much more comfortable and relaxed on S size frame (TIME 2023), gone from M frame size to S (Focus Cayo). However longer crank arms give a better leverage, try open door pushing where is door handle, and midway of the door width. However 3-5mm will not make such difference, except feel of comfort.

@CyclespeedTours 2 ай бұрын

Nice! Maybe consider moving to 167.5 or 165, depending on your inseam.

@varfolomeev_d 2 ай бұрын

Hey! What about comparacing with Ostro V1? I have one and I love it. But found it a little bit heavy for climbing. Now I think about buying the new O2 VAM to have 2 bikes. Then I found you videos about SL8 and think that probably I should just switch from Ostro to this "one bike to rule them all". What do you think? What do you like most against ostro? Do you feel the huge gap between them?

@CyclespeedTours Ай бұрын

The V1 is a great bike, but the SL8 is just a touch better in all departments except aero. But yes, the SL8 is the almost perfect do it all bike.