Originally Posted by
Mr. Parker
So I haven't raced in a while and wasn't a forum guy back them either (04-05). I loved TT's and even built up a bastardized TT bike out of a Trek 1200 touring frame... It was a fairly tricked out bike minus the frame.
The last incarnation of the bike had longer cranks then my road bike. IIRC I have 172 or is it 172.5's on my road bike and I had read that some TT specialist would run slightly longer cranks on their TT rigs. So I ended up sticking some 175's on for more leverage as the thinking went.
Well I'm getting back into riding after a long long hiatus and once again will put a lot of focus into TT'ing.
I am not sure if I'll rebuild that same TT bike or buy a new frame but the question is, do you keep the crank length the same, longer or shorter then your road bike?
I have different crank length on every bike. I'm a taller guy at 6'5" so I usually run 177.5. That being said, my TT rig has 180s and my crit bike 175s. Personally I do not see much difference between the 177.5 and 180s. When I look at Taylor Phinney at same height 6'5", he is running 175s. Cancellara is 6'1" and he is using 177.5. So just go and ride the frigin bike and dont worry about the crank size
... and my track bike has 170s
