Originally Posted by
tetonrider
cool. most people don't try shorter cranks, and it's also hard--really hard--to go below 165.
would you go shorter on your TT bike if you could (easily)? and then would you have your road bike match?
could help in a really low/aero(/compromised) position.
at some point one loses power; i don't know where that occurs.
i've tested shorter cranks on my TT bike but have always returned to the same as my road position. i'm going to try it again next week, for aerodynamics.
short answer: if it were easy, like someone said "here's your bike with different length cranks" and all I had to do was ride it I would try everything.
As is, I'm happy where I'm at and too lazy to change it. I think about how long a half-cm is and look at the length of my legs and think again about half a cm. That's a miniscule change in ratio and my resistance to extra effort is pretty high.