I rode the 25" Norco I mentioned with 170mm 600 cranks quite a bit, but just in the city - it did seem a little troublesome for longer rides, though. What I'm dealing with now is just a frame/headset/seatpost that requires cranks and everything else to be built up. What really makes me curious is what - based on a really small sample - seems like a trend on 80s road bikes (at least Norco and Nishiki, from what I've seen) to go with these short cranks. Why'd they do it? I don't know. In any case, I think I'm a lot more likely to go with the longer cranks...
Last edited by mikemowbz; 08-22-11 at 05:55 PM.
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