Originally Posted by VegasJen

I have heard of some places that do shortening. I'm pretty sure the crank arms on my K2 can have a good bit taken out of them. There is a scallop in the arm, but I think they just use the same arm for multiple lengths because the scallop stops somewhere around 5 or 6 inches, then the rest if full thickness. These arms are 175mm and I'm thinking of taking them down to either 160 or 165, depending on what length still gives me sufficient structure.

On the Ridley, the FSA crank arms are carbon. Can carbon be shortened? And thanks for the length. Reading it now.

Ya, well I started out at 5'4" 30 years ago and I'm not getting any taller. I have kind of short legs anyway.

Thanks. There's still a bunch I don't understand about a lot of this terminology., like "chainline". I read that the other day but had no idea what it meant. Also, O.L.D.? Read about that but only the acronym. Haven't seen an explanation of what it stands for.

I heard something about a Shimano recall but I kind of assumed that anything currently for sale would be post redesign. I can't imagine any company allowing a product with a known recall to continue to be sold, but then again, maybe some retailers want their money and will let Shimano deal with that headache.