Originally Posted by
yugdlo
I don't think I've seen this anywhere in this thread, or any other I could find for that matter so here goes.
Is there a noticible difference between pedaling a 165mm and a 170mm crank? Every bike I've ever owned or ridden have been 170's. I picked up a 165 on a whim for a project bike, but was considering putting it on my daily rider for, well just to do it, it's new and my project will not see the road for a long while. And a side bar; if the cranks are 5mm shorter, do you need to adjust saddle height?
I ride 170 & 175 cranks and can't notice a difference. But then I ride 9 roadies and don't go extreme measures to make every set-up precisely the same. And I ride 7 different saddles without discomfort on any of them for rides up to 30 miles. I think these small differences only become important on longer rides. For any ride over 30 miles I do have my favorites. As I age I have a hankering to try 165mm cranks.
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