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Old 06-02-11 | 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Atavar
If I remember right the big difference is how they are clocked.. The Oval-tech's give you more mechanical advantage (least diameter) at the start of the power stroke (good for racing) and the Biopace give the least advantage (greatest diameter) on the power stroke , to make the cadence even (good for cruising). My knees prefer the apparent even effort around the clock from the Biopace. I can't quite tell from the pictures..

I know a lot of people say Biopace feels like a pedal spindle is loose or bent or something..
That's pretty interesting, I went directly from a Biopace to the Oval-tech and never noticed that they were clocked differently. I guess everybody wants what they don't have, because on my long term to-do list I intend to replace the ovaltech with a smaller triple, like a Sugino XD600, to make my upper ring a little more useable.

Originally Posted by Atavar
Sorry about the thread drift..
Agreed. Sorry!
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