Originally Posted by
Sharpshin
Good point, but longer cranks don't have to be stood on to benefit from the greater leverage/torque they afford. For the last 18 months this has been my daily ride, a worked-over '95 Hard Rock, with the 175mm cranks....
It's great urban commuter bike, but just doesn't seem to roll as easily as my Voyageur, which is a high mileage-eating machine, maybe the wide-rim wheels I had built along with those stout 2" Marathon Plus Tour tires are too heavy.
When I got back on the Voyageur after a year and a half, the short cranks just felt confining and inefficient.
Im genuinely interested in your question, I do wonder though if the diff size/shape/seat to bars to pedals setup of your two bikes would be a factor.
To me, it would stand to reason that if you set the seat back on the voyageur, it could feel better (essentially putting your legs hips further back from pedals, , maybe replicating the 175 position ish.......lots of variables I wonder if are a factor.
tahts what I meant that it would be neat to try out on same bike the setups of diff cranks, with some time to fine tune seat position etc, to see if your assessment would still stand up or be the same to other riders also.