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06-02-08, 04:31 PM

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Bill Kapaun

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For bad knees, crank length may be a MAJOR consideration. Stay away from longer cranks. That can be difficult to do on mountain/hybrid type bikes. See my link-
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=361045

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