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11-11-07 | 04:01 PM

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stapfam

Time for a change.

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Originally Posted by Louis

Exactly. On 175's it feels like my knees are about to hit my chin.

I have had bikes like this and and always with the 175 cranks. In hindsight- those bikes have always been the ones with longer top tubes. Since changing to compact frames- I have not had the problem. Only thing I can put it down to is the more upright position that is possible on a compact.

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