Timeline for What is the effect of changing length of crank arms?
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| Nov 3, 2023 at 14:06 | answer | added | Dave McKenna | timeline score: 2 | |
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| Mar 11, 2017 at 17:47 | answer | added | user31842 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 17, 2016 at 9:38 | answer | added | Zac | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 26, 2015 at 18:21 | answer | added | Paul Fowler | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 16, 2015 at 17:16 | vote | accept | Alexander | ||
| Jul 5, 2014 at 0:10 | comment | added | Nuі | @PeteH: can't you just buy a cheap or second hand set of cranks the other length and mismatch them on the bike? If you have, say, 165mm cranks now but want a right hand 170mm, buy a cheap 170mm set and put only the right hand one on? | |
| Jul 2, 2014 at 10:35 | comment | added | PeteH | @JamesBradbury thanks, to all intents the physio was a professional bike fitter. Very worthwhile, I'd recommend it to anyone who gets niggles while riding. | |
| Jul 2, 2014 at 10:13 | comment | added | James Bradbury | @PeteH, you might be better off with a thick inner sole or some kind of packing at the cleat. A shorter crank might help when the short leg is at the bottom of the stroke, but be worse at the top of the stroke. A professional bike fitter should be able to help. | |
| Jul 2, 2014 at 8:09 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackBicycles/status/484247378351104001 | ||
| Jul 2, 2014 at 6:32 | comment | added | PeteH | I was getting a niggling pain in my left knee, after I'd been cycling for a few hours. I went to the physio and we discovered that one of my legs was an inch shorter than the other. I do some exercises now to keep it loose, but I couldn't help wondering whether having different crank lengths would have made a difference. Trouble is, that's an expensive experiment. | |
| Jul 1, 2014 at 23:40 | answer | added | Móż | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jul 1, 2014 at 23:27 | comment | added | Alexander | Thanks @Moz. Hopefully, some day my great English will be good enough :) | |
| Jul 1, 2014 at 23:26 | answer | added | user3727843 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 1, 2014 at 23:25 | history | edited | Móż | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 1, 2014 at 23:10 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | Obviously, it affects the length of the leg "stroke". Generally, taller people with longer legs would benefit from longer crank arms, though in practice this bit of "tuning" is never done outside of the pro arena. Note that, on a given bike, it also affects ground clearance and cornering ability, and clearance between toe and front wheel while turning. | |
| Jul 1, 2014 at 22:56 | history | asked | Alexander | CC BY-SA 3.0 |