160mm crank arms

Has anyone tried em? I'm thinking about swooping on this:

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Not sure how 160mm arms would feel, though.

Paulo wrote:

Has anyone tried em? I'm thinking about swooping on this:

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Not sure how 160mm arms would feel, though.

it would feel 15mm shorter than a 175mm crank, 10mm shorter than 170mm, 5mm shorter than 165mm ect ect

Haha, yeah, but how much of a difference would you feel if you normally ride 170mm? Spin faster?

Paulo wrote:

Haha, yeah, but how much of a difference would you feel if you normally ride 170mm? Spin faster?

i guess you would spin "faster" sense it is shorter by a few mm. would you notice? no, do you need short arms? no you dont. but its your call.

Alright, thanks. Only reason I was considering getting em is because this guy is selling them for $40 less than from keirinculture.com

but the ones on keirinculture are 165mm.

HEY!!! buy em!!!!

then you can spin the b's!!! with no toe overlap!!!!!!




hahaha

ohhh and sprint faster if you ever enter sprints

I'd stay away if you climb hills regularly. When I went from 165's to 170's, I felt a world of difference in the leverage on the hills.

tedisdead wrote:

I'd stay away if you climb hills regularly. When I went from 165's to 170's, I felt a world of difference in the leverage on the hills.

Agreed. I haven't tried shorter crank arms but I would think it would make a big difference with torque and leverage.

Thanks, guys. I decided not to get the 160mm arms, but I did send the seller an email and asked if he'd sell me 165mm arms instead, and he said he might be able to do that for me.