Tom Sherman wrote:
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> ChaloColina wrote:
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> > Adam Kadlubek wrote:
> >>
> >> Sugino XD 152mm length, 110 BCD with custom rings (61 TASpecialities,
> >> 46 Shimano and 34 Stronglight). Long bolts to keep it all together.
>
> > Perhaps you'd be better able to "gear down" with your legs (instead of
> > an umpteen-speed cluster) if you used adult-sized cranks.
>
> And perhaps Adam would hurt his knees if he used "adult-sized cranks".
> Do not assume that just because longer cranks and a lower cadence works
> well on an upright, the same is true for a recumbent - the evidence so
> far indicates the opposite.
That sounds like another shortcoming of tried-and-rejected bike
layout.
For what it's worth, I use 127mm cranks on my fixed-gear 'bent.
That's to make up for the naturally short gearing:
http://chalo.org
Chalo
