This has been probably asked to death and then some but please bear with...
So I've recently changed from 172.5 crank arm lengths to 170mm on my Time Trial bike and seem some positive improvements. Cadence is up, power arc is more consistent and overall times are down.
I was wondering on moving further down and using 165mm on the TT bike and 170mm on the roadie. The roadie I'm not concerned about, its the TT bike I want to get the cadence up from 80rpm so the two choices are to reduce the chainring size from 55t to 53t, not a fan of as I find the 53 a bit gutless so my next stop is the crank length.
I've read and read and read until the cows come home and the consensus is that it will achieve what I want, with dropping the saddle height slightly.
Whats the forums thoughts on this?
So I've recently changed from 172.5 crank arm lengths to 170mm on my Time Trial bike and seem some positive improvements. Cadence is up, power arc is more consistent and overall times are down.
I was wondering on moving further down and using 165mm on the TT bike and 170mm on the roadie. The roadie I'm not concerned about, its the TT bike I want to get the cadence up from 80rpm so the two choices are to reduce the chainring size from 55t to 53t, not a fan of as I find the 53 a bit gutless so my next stop is the crank length.
I've read and read and read until the cows come home and the consensus is that it will achieve what I want, with dropping the saddle height slightly.
Whats the forums thoughts on this?