Originally Posted by
Ygduf
I wouldn't presume too much. I just ordered short on the first TT bike on principle, then when I had the shop move the powermeter off the old tt bike to the road bike (newer meter, moving to standard rings) I didn't even think of the crank length until I got on it and my saddle felt low.
I worried about it for half a second, then remembered I have no sprint anyway so max torque isn't my concern, and I spend plenty of time off the front trying to merckx tt it anyhow so the extra .00005 degrees of hip angle when I'm trying to stay low is fine.
some low-cadence guys like the extra torque of a longer crank. bert grabsch comes to mind. he used a huge ring.
torque isn't *all* about the sprint.
i hear ya, though.
crank length differences on the order we're talking about are pretty meaningless, yet you'll hear people say they totally can't deal with cranks of a different length.