I'm looking at spending a little money (about $200 - for a Force 22 crankset to interchange the arms with the Quarq) to switch my Quarq crank from 170mm crank arms to 165mm crank arms. For those of you who have made this change did you notice a difference? And was it a positive difference? I ask because it's an experiment I want to test out in the "off season" - albeit a bit of an expensive "test". It may or may not work for me. My goal is for faster TT speeds (TT races, not tri's).
I don't feel "tight" in the hip flexors, but I did raise my bars this season about 5mm and increased power output so I think my hip angle may be affecting my power output.
And will a 5mm crank arm difference be notable? Should I consider 162.5mm arms instead? I'm 6' tall.
If I make the switch I'll likely just raise the saddle 5mm and leave it at that for starters - lowering my position a bit and opening my hip angle. If needed I'll raise the bars and maybe move saddle/bars back 5mm too.
Michael
I don't feel "tight" in the hip flexors, but I did raise my bars this season about 5mm and increased power output so I think my hip angle may be affecting my power output.
And will a 5mm crank arm difference be notable? Should I consider 162.5mm arms instead? I'm 6' tall.
If I make the switch I'll likely just raise the saddle 5mm and leave it at that for starters - lowering my position a bit and opening my hip angle. If needed I'll raise the bars and maybe move saddle/bars back 5mm too.
Michael