My wife is 5'-2" and rides 165 mm cranks. You don't mention terrain but I'm guessing not too hilly if only going 10 miles? So how is she able to do this on the 24? She must be spinning madly. I'd take a look at how she fits on the bike. I'm not a big fan of "fit kits" but maybe something basic you can do at home. The classic "knee over the pedal spindle" with the pedals horizontal and seat height so she gets around 15 degree bend of the knee at the bottom of the stroke may be a place to start. Some basic stretches could also be helpful.
dougP On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 11:47:43 AM UTC-7, WETH wrote: > > My wife who is 5'3" with a PBH of 74 develops knee pain during rides > longer than 10 miles. As she has been easing into cycling over the last > year, she rides exclusively in her small chainring (24) on her Sugino XD2 > triple 46-36-24 with 165mm crankarms. The pain is in front in her > kneecaps. I am going to be raising her seat slightly and pushing her > saddle slightly back to see if that helps. I am also considering shorter > crank arms given her relatively short legs compared to torso. > Does anyone have experiences with shorter crank arms, especially folks in > my wife's height range? Also thoughts on good crank sets with shorter > crank arms? I was thinking of trying 155mm crank arms if adjusting seat > height didn't alleviate the issue. Can I put non-Sugino crank arms on a > Xd2? > Thanks for any insights, > Erl -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
