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Old 01-07-19, 11:49 PM
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Most MTB's I've dealt with have 170's. I would not hesitate to put 165's on any of those bikes. I just don't have any ...

The stroke length will be less, so a bit less torque. But if you go down a tooth or two and go to Oval chainrings you should get most of it back
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