h2ofun wrote:
fredly wrote:
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I sure basically only see 175 at races.Not that you're at all interested in actual data, but we're running in the neighborhood of single digit percentage of 175 or longer cranks on our Custom Studio Tri bike purchases.
So before you sell a bike do you do crank length as part of the fit? If so what is the data on height vs crank length? What testing data do you have?
Hmmm, I suggest a simple google-search. No need for deep data mining, Wikipedia has all you ever wanted on "height vs crank length".
No need for a PhD background in Biomechanics.
Otherwise I find the objections of the "fitters" on this thread also a bit disingenuous, as there is no such a thing as bad publicity....
The more convoluted and outlandish the hypotheses are, the more people think they can't figure that out by themselves.
I remember my crank-length "AHA!" moment from building my first Tri bike from scratch in the late 80's, using a dumb trainer as a "fit-tool" in a cold basement.
Had two crank sets in my parts-bin to chose from for my build:
One was a 175 and the other an old 160.
Guess which one felt more comfortable and allowed me to crank the trainer up to a higher whine in the aero position?
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windschatten: Dec 3, 17 23:04