Affordable "Cruzbike" Short Cranks

LarryOz

Cruzeum Curator & Sigma Wrangler
I can't stop thinking whether 165mm crankarms are a good compromise.. but that's for a different time.
The real key to whether 165 would be good for you is how much your knee bend is on your back-stoke. You want you knee bend to be about 90 or more. Anything less is ultimately bad for you knees, and your power making ability. When you knees are bend more than 90 degrees you cannot really make good power until they open up to that point - which will only happen as you continue pedaling - but when that point is reached you have lost a significant percentage of that "10-2" range where you make most of it. Not to mention your knees hurt if you try and push hard when compressed at more than 90 degrees. Hope this helps.
 

ak-tux

Zen MBB Master
The real key to whether 165 would be good for you is how much your knee bend is on your back-stoke. You want you knee bend to be about 90 or more. Anything less is ultimately bad for you knees, and your power making ability. When you knees are bend more than 90 degrees you cannot really make good power until they open up to that point - which will only happen as you continue pedaling - but when that point is reached you have lost a significant percentage of that "10-2" range where you make most of it. Not to mention your knees hurt if you try and push hard when compressed at more than 90 degrees. Hope this helps.
To add to what Larry said, I came across the online calculator below, though Iam yet to try anything shorter than 165mm (which came with my S40). Iam currently using 170mm cranks becuase I got a crank based powermeter on it.


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