Originally Posted by
dabac
I do find it easier to maintain a higher cadence with shorter cranks.
Do you think that such a small difference in crank length, less than 3% from a 175 to a 170mm affects your cadence more, even though you will still be turning the same number of gear inches, or going one gear lower, which can often decrease gear inches by 15% allows for a higher cadence? I'm going to bet on the latter.