Crank length

TAF said:

Anyone have a good formula for determining crank length.

Give us your height and we will give you your length...
Marquis, at some point in the past, said
The general rule of thumb is:
* below 5'10 use 170mm cranks on for general (road) racing and
training,
* 5'10 to 6'1 use 172.5mm cranks
* 6'1 plus use 175mm cranks

Quoted message said:

Also, any idea what the various pros ride?

At some point, one of them used longer cranks as a desperate attempt to keep
up with Merckx, and destroyed his knees...

Didier

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Didier A. Depireux said:

TAF said:

Anyone have a good formula for determining crank length.

Give us your height and we will give you your length...
Marquis, at some point in the past, said
The general rule of thumb is:
* below 5'10 use 170mm cranks on for general (road) racing and
training,
* 5'10 to 6'1 use 172.5mm cranks
* 6'1 plus use 175mm cranks

Quoted message said:

Also, any idea what the various pros ride?

At some point, one of them used longer cranks as a desperate attempt to
keep
up with Merckx, and destroyed his knees...

Didier

You sure it wasn't just trying to keep up with Merckx that destroyed his
knees?

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http://www.nettally.com/palmk/crankset.html

this is the formula that i like... you will be riding longer crcnks than
usually suggested... i am 5'10" and i ride 175s... it works...

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http://www.nettally.com/palmk/crankset.html

this is the formula that i like... you will be riding longer crcnks than
usually suggested... i am 5'10" and i ride 175s... it works...

Anybody knows where i can get 200mm cranks?

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http://www.nettally.com/palmk/crankset.html

this is the formula that i like... you will be riding longer crcnks than
usually suggested... i am 5'10" and i ride 175s... it works...

wacky huh?... this guy's theory makes complete sense to me.. there is a lot to
read on his website, but he covers a lot of area... i like it because it
reinforces what i have come to believe through years of riding, racing and
thinking about a lot of different stupid junk...

inseam 32- cranks 175mm...

this guys seems very cool and interesting to me.. i wasted an hour on his site
when i should have been re-tiling my shower...

"erik saunders" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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this guys seems very cool and interesting to me.. i wasted an hour on his

site

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when i should have been re-tiling my shower...

....or updating *your* web site.

In article <LcIEc.8363$z81.6484@fed1read01>, Mark Fennell

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"erik saunders" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

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this guys seems very cool and interesting to me.. i wasted an hour on his

site

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when i should have been re-tiling my shower...

...or updating *your* web site.

Go over and re-tile his shower and he'll update his website for you.

-WG
My newly re-tiled shower is getting grout on Friday. My website will
have to wait too.

Didier A. Depireux said:

TAF said:

Anyone have a good formula for determining crank length.

Give us your height and we will give you your length...
Marquis, at some point in the past, said
The general rule of thumb is:
* below 5'10 use 170mm cranks on for general (road) racing and
training,
* 5'10 to 6'1 use 172.5mm cranks
* 6'1 plus use 175mm cranks

I think sizing is typically longer nowadays.

JT

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Quoted message said:

when i should have been re-tiling my shower...

...or updating *your* web site.

why you so funny mark?...

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-WG
My newly re-tiled shower is getting grout on Friday. My website will
have to wait too.

mine *might* get grout tomorrow... and my site wont get [censored] for another couple
of weeks...

"Didier A. Depireux" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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TAF said:

Anyone have a good formula for determining crank length.

Give us your height and we will give you your length...
Marquis, at some point in the past, said
The general rule of thumb is:
* below 5'10 use 170mm cranks on for general (road) racing and
training,
* 5'10 to 6'1 use 172.5mm cranks
* 6'1 plus use 175mm cranks

Quoted message said:

Also, any idea what the various pros ride?

At some point, one of them used longer cranks as a desperate attempt to

keep

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up with Merckx, and destroyed his knees...

Who are you referring to?

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Didier

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University of Maryland -1273 (off)
Baltimore MD 21201 USA Fax: 1-410-706-2512

warren <warren@>...

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In Mark Fennell said:

"erik saunders" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

this guys seems very cool and interesting to me.. i wasted an hour on his

site

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

when i should have been re-tiling my shower...

...or updating *your* web site.

Go over and re-tile his shower and he'll update his website for you.

-WG
My newly re-tiled shower is getting grout on Friday. My website will
have to wait too.

If you're like me you'll take photos of your shower
before and after and post them to your Web site.

C'mon WG.

-KJP

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Papai said:

warren <warren@>...

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In Mark Fennell said:

"erik saunders" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> this guys seems very cool and interesting to me.. i wasted an hour on
> his

site

Quoted message said:

> when i should have been re-tiling my shower...

...or updating *your* web site.

Go over and re-tile his shower and he'll update his website for you.

-WG
My newly re-tiled shower is getting grout on Friday. My website will
have to wait too.

If you're like me you'll take photos of your shower
before and after and post them to your Web site.

C'mon WG.

We did take pictures, but why you'd want to see them is a little odd to
me...

-WG

"erik saunders" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

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when i should have been re-tiling my shower...

...or updating *your* web site.

why you so funny mark?...

One of the few highlights of my dreary miserable existence is hitting yours
or Nieko's sites and finding new content. How else is a dork like me going
to hear the funny stuff about US racing that doesn't make it into the 'real'
press? Just saying...

Seriously though, yours is in my rotation of 20-30 sites I hit each day and
I do enjoy your stories and honest perspectives.

"warren" wrote ...

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We did take pictures, but why you'd want to see them is a little odd to
me...

But then, you wouldn't create a "Faces of RBR" website either.

J "me neither" F

Indurain ran 180's for TT'ing and some other stages.

I did that being the same height (6'-1"😉, I ran 175 on my day to day
bikes and 180's on my TT bike. Couldn't tell if it really made a
difference since I was middle of the timing whenever I did TT's. But
whether it was just a psychological boost, or if it really made a
difference having longer cranks, I don't know for sure. I was never fast
enough to justify them .......

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Quoted message said:

"warren" wrote ...

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We did take pictures, but why you'd want to see them is a little odd to
me...

But then, you wouldn't create a "Faces of RBR" website either.

I like the "Faces" page. Puts a face to the names.
Not always a good thing...

-WG

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Daremo said:

Indurain ran 180's for TT'ing and some other stages.

I did that being the same height (6'-1"😉, I ran 175 on my day to day
bikes and 180's on my TT bike. Couldn't tell if it really made a
difference since I was middle of the timing whenever I did TT's. But
whether it was just a psychological boost, or if it really made a
difference having longer cranks, I don't know for sure. I was never fast
enough to justify them .......

Indurain is reported to have used 190s when he did his Hour Record
rides. ( http://www.bikecult.com/bikecultbook/sports_recordsHour.html )

To me, crank length is about what you, the rider, feels comfortable
with. I'm 6'0 and I like 177.5s. One thing to think about is that the
difference between crank lengths is really not that much. A 2.5mm change is
only 1.45% difference - pretty minimal.

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From Cyclingnews and their Pinarello tour/history article:

"But Miguel didn't have a very aerodynamic profile... he sat very high
up compared to today's riders. If he had used the same type of (low)
position as Olano or Ullrich he would have been even faster in the time
trials. Indurain used 180mm cranks on this bike; in fact, from May
onwards, when he was in good form and had more power, he usually
switched from 177.5mm cranks to 180s. Ullrich does the same thing. After
Indurain's win in at the '96 Olympics, the entire team used this model
the following year."

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