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Old 12-12-07 | 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by spambait11
To enhance your research, you should also google "Mark Stonich." He's got a lot to say about crank lengths as well. Sometimes he posts here as mnHPV or something similar. Recumbent riders also have covered this topic pretty well as crank length makes a huge difference for those particular bikes.
Thanks very much!

Stonich's web site has interesting stuff, including this page:
http://bikesmithdesign.com/Short_Cra...anks_faqs.html

which led me to this, very interesting:
http://www.velonews.com/tech/rev/crank.html

Makeinu, you can send Stonich your cranks and he'll lop 'em down for you (but it costs more than a new set of bulletproofs)!
http://bikesmithdesign.com/Short_Cranks/shorten.html

I'd guess any machine shop, perhaps even your lbs, should be able to do it as well.
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