Nothing scientific, they just feel right. They allow me to maintain a cadence of between 80 and 90, without tiring me out, while still giving me a sense that I'm putting power to the pedals. I'd tried a set of 170's a couple of years back for about a month, and I felt like I was riding with my shoelaces tied together. 175's are just too long and I can't get my cadence high enough.
Call me Goldilocks, I guess. Pete On Aug 19, 11:21 pm, andrew hill <neurod...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't really understand about crank length and it's benefits. > > My gut says that with short legs I'd benefit from shorter cranks, but I've > always used 175 (2 mtn bikes and 1 Riv Sam). > I do have some kneed problems on one side, especially an IT band problem that > cropped after a century in June.. perhaps less bend would help that. > > Why do you like em, Pete? > > best, > andrew > > On Aug 19, 2010, at 8:00 PM, pruckelshaus wrote: > > > > > Yes, but it's too bad that Chris has decided that nobody needs to ride > > 172.5mm cranks. He's a fool for making that kind of decision, and has > > certainly lost a good amount of business because of it...including my > > own. This would be the perfect crank for my needs, if only it were > > available as a 172.5. > > > Pete > > > On Aug 9, 11:04 pm, Michael_S <mikeybi...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > >> The new 50.4 bcd TA Cyclotourist copy crankset is now in stock at VO. > >> Looks very nice and shiny! The stock 46-30 combo seems like it would > >> work well most flatter places. Though it seems like 46t ring would get > >> a lot use to me since the 30 would only be needed climbing? What > >> freewheel/cassette do most people run in hilly areas with this set? > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
