Originally Posted by
bowzette
I just spent a ton of money going from 170 to 165 to reduce amount of knee angle at top of stroke. I have realy short legs or I wouldn't have spent the money. Don't know if it will make a difference or not. I "suspect but don't know" whether the shorter your legs the more benefit or less noticeable the shorter cranks. Recumbent riders often ride really short cranks like 150mm-160mm.
Resurrecting this since I see you still post on the forum and i have the same issue (on road bike), short legs leading to very upright position (for a racing cyclist). Wondering if I can pepper you with questions...
Did the 5mm difference helped at all, and did you lower the front end? If so by how much? Do you feel like you could go even shorter to 160mm? Or did you ever go back to 170? Was this on single speed, and have you tried on a geared bike?
I have I believe 172.5 now, with a stages power meter. Thinking of going shorter - I really want to try 160 because I feel like I need to go a lot shorter, but worried about gambling on it with the cost of a new power meter on an odd sized crankset