Originally Posted by
farandaway
I have smaller cranks on my new bike, a WSD Madone. I have to say, I like them. And I'm pretty tall -- 5'7" with a 33 inseam. It helps my cadence and takes some strain off my neck and shoulders. Seems like I'm not having to push as hard on the pedals.
It seems we all have such different experiences with crank lengths. I have a Madone WSD and changed the 170 cranks to 175 as I felt like I was constantly spinning out on the shorter cranks. I tried them for 500 miles and was happy when I made the switch.
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