Originally Posted by
ksryder
Hot take: People are different.
Just because *you* don't notice a difference between crank arm sizes doesn't mean that is universally true for everyone. I had some pain issues that were eventually alleviated, in part, by changing crank arm length. (There's a lot more to it than just that but that's the short version.)
So for *me*, I can definitely tell a difference in crank arm length because of my unique physiological circumstances.
But I also don't tell other people, who say they don't notice a difference, that they are wrong.
See how easy it is?
I didn't say you or anyone else were wrong when I commented on your statements. I merely suggested that there is more to "feel" than crank arm length. To ascribe the difference in the feel of
different bicycles to a single component that is subject to mitigation by nearly the entire rest of the machine is absurd.
A gent I rode with many years ago had one leg shorter and he rode different crank lengths and a spacer under one cleat. Of course he wasn't searching for the last milliwatt but then so few of us are, eh?
JMO of course - - - ride what makes you happy
Charlie