Originally Posted by
toosahn
What carleton said. It might even be a good idea to get 170+ depending on long your legs are. I did the math for myself (I'm 6'3'') and my ideal crank length is around 185mm.
Actually, studies have proved that ideal crank length is a personal preference. The conclusions were basically that riders were most efficient and effective on the cranks that felt good to them. There were no correlations between leg length and ideal crank length.
I'm 6'1" and like 167.5mm.