Trying to gather a list of crank lengths of the uber-bikers out there. What are / where they riding, anyone know? Here are a few I’m interested in.
Lieto-
Torbjorn-
Bjorn- 180
Stadler-
Reid-
Hellriegel-
Van Lierde-
Scott-
Tinley-
Molina-
Allen-
Add to the list of you have anyone in mind that would be of interest etc…
Also, im not very interested in discussion as to the affect the length may have on running etc, just looking for measurments. Thanks!
I know Rappstar went from 177.5 to 175 and had some success as he felt 177.5 cramped his hip angle. Norman Stadler was on 175’s at Kona 2006 based on looking at his Stronglight cranks
Chubbly - 165 mm
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Sweet thanks for the adds.
Rappster- 177.5 to 175
Lieto-
Torbjorn-
Bjorn- 180
Stadler- 175
Reid-
Hellriegel-
Van Lierde-
Scott-
Tinley-
Molina-
Allen-
Why?
So he can copy and then put down a 4:15 bike split. Dher.
You can add:
LeMond 175
Boardman 170
Roche 172.5
Indurain 180 (190 for World Hour Record)
Rominger 172.5
Obree 175
Moser 175
Merckx 175
Armstrong 175?
Yes, I like to clutter my brain with useless info. I would be interested to know if Allen, Molina, Dave Scott went any longer than 175. I would doubt it.
You can add:
Tom Evans 172.5 in his 8:08 win at Ironman Florida.
Dev
So he can copy and then put down a 4:15 bike split. Dher.
LOL!
Opinionated Cyclist - single piece 170mm HiTen Steel Crank
You can add:
LeMond 175
Boardman 170
Roche 172.5
Indurain 180 (190 for World Hour Record)
Rominger 172.5
Obree 175
Moser 175
Merckx 175
Armstrong 175?
Yes, I like to clutter my brain with useless info. I would be interested to know if Allen, Molina, Dave Scott went any longer than 175. I would doubt it.
You can add:
Tom Evans 172.5 in his 8:08 win at Ironman Florida.
Dev
Wow, that is assume, thanks for the adds.
Replying to: Re: Crank length of Uber-bikers? by Black Dynomite Post:
You can add:
LeMond 175
Boardman 170
Roche 172.5
Indurain 180 (190 for World Hour Record)
Rominger 172.5
Obree 175
Moser 175
Merckx 175
Armstrong 175?
Yes, I like to clutter my brain with useless info. I would be interested to know if Allen, Molina, Dave Scott went any longer than 175. I would doubt it.
You can add:
Tom Evans 172.5 in his 8:08 win at Ironman Florida.
Dev
Wow, that is assume, thanks for the adds.
Yet another failure of the public education system…
ha. i was just confused by the ‘assume’ and let it go.
but how do you know it’s public education?
I remember hearing a nefarious rumor that Lance actually rode re-badged 165s. Spin-to-win and all that.
Because a nun in a catholic school would have beat him to a bloody pulp.
Chris
Oh flubber - “awesome”
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Ullrich used 177.5 length cranks.
Dave in VA
I know Rappstar went from 177.5 to 175 and had some success as he felt 177.5 cramped his hip angle. Norman Stadler was on 175’s at Kona 2006 based on looking at his Stronglight cranks
I went:
175 (when I first started riding) 2000-2005
180 for 2006
175 for 2007 & 2008
I’m riding 172.5 now. I really like them.
Gimme two more years, maybe less, and I’ll probably be on 170 or 167.5…
Hinault - 172.5mm
Lance - didn’t he drop to 172.5 for TTs?
Allen - '95 GT, 172.5
Merckx - 175, but 177.5 in mountains
Anquetil - normally 175, up to 177.5 or 180 for TTs
some serious uber bikers, but most didn’t have to worry about running off the bike.
Have you found that crank length correlates to performance in any way? What you like is absolutely an important factor, but besides that …?
Why did you move up in the first place? Based on misinformation, as an experiment, …?
Have you found that crank length correlates to performance in any way? What you like is absolutely an important factor, but besides that …?
Why did you move up in the first place? Based on misinformation, as an experiment, …?
Depends on road bike or TT bike. On the road, I haven’t found a very measurable performance difference on the bike. I do think shorter cranks will help with running. And I think they make it easier to perform on more fatigued legs.
On a TT bike, shorter cranks really do affect your position in a measurable way. With an equal amount of saddle-to-armrest drop, you have a much more open hip angle at the top of the pedal stroke. Or with, an equivalent hip angle at top-dead-center, you can run more drop.
I switched to longer cranks (from 75 to 80) based on a lot of what I perceive as being misinformation. I don’t think 180s were a real limiter until I got in the aerobars. So I think I could certainly run 180s on my road bike without much detriment. But I also think, and it’s just an opinion, that it makes sense to run equivalent cranks on both bikes. I think you can run shorter cranks on the TT bike than on the road bike (Coggan runs 165 TT and 175 Road, I think) without detriment, but I also think that if you get used to operating through a given ROM, that it can be nice to keep that consistent. I don’t think it matters much provided you ride both bikes enough, but I also don’t see that you give up anything with shorter cranks, so why not run them on both bikes?
This is one of the really neat areas of research going on right now. Especially for TT bikes.
Lieto 175, H2ofun 180
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