Originally Posted by
cyclotoine
I love climbing with longer cranks, it feels awesome. I dropped friend who I shouldn't have been able to drop on hurricane ridge running my 185mm cranks. Anecdotal evidence I know.
You've been up Hurricane Ridge? Cool, that is in my backyard; I go up a couple times a year at least. Next time you go up there, get in touch, you can drop me, too.
Of the five or six bikes I've taken up there, I haven't really paid much attention to the crank arm length, but I'm pretty sure everything I have is between 170 and 175. I do know on that ride I spend more time out of the saddle than average.