Re: FW: [CR]Crank length/Vintage Bicycle Quarterly

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From: "Brandon Ives" <monkeylad@mac.com>
To: Jim Merz <jimmerz@qwest.net>
Subject: Re: FW: [CR]Crank length/Vintage Bicycle Quarterly
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 09:26:16 -0700 (PDT)

On Thursday, Sep 12, 2002, at 08:46AM, Jim Merz <jimmerz@qwest.net> wrote:
>I asked Ed Burke what length cranks I should use.
>He reinforced the statement below, racers should have a little longer
>arms than the old thinking.

Just to add more fuel to the fire. Leonard Zinn did a study published in Velonews about 10 years ago and found that 158mm was the best length all around. I'm sure someone on the list has the issue and can give better details.
enjoy,
Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
SB, CA