Should You Ride A Shorter Crank? | Choosing Your Bike Crank Length

It’s entirely possible some of you watching this don’t know what length of cranks are fitted to your bike and understandably so! But perhaps we should be paying more attention and in this video we discuss why shortening the length of your crank could be a game changer.

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Crank length is an aspect of our bikes that we very often overlook. It’s entirely possible some of you watching this don’t know what length of cranks are fitted to your bike and understandably so!

Yet, cranks affect how effectively we generate a pedalling force, plus it could be argued that crank length is perhaps one of the most important factors in a comfortable and efficient bike fit.

So perhaps we should be paying more attention and in this video Fraser discusses why shortening the length of your crank could be important.

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