Re: [CR] Crank length/Vintage Bicycle Quarterly

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From: "Brandon Ives" <monkeylad@mac.com>
To: GPVB1@cs.com
Subject: Re: [CR] Crank length/Vintage Bicycle Quarterly
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 10:52:59 -0700 (PDT)

On Thursday, Sep 12, 2002, at 10:15AM, <GPVB1@cs.com> wrote:
>Uh, for whom? Under what conditions? On what type of bike?
>
>That's like saying a 21" frame is optimal!

Don't ask me, I didn't do the study I just read it. As I remember it he studied 4 or 5 people from 5' to 6'5" with crank lengths from 150mm to 185mm. The outcome was that 158mm was the most efficent and led to the least stress on the body. I don't have the copy of Velonews this was in and when I read it I remember thinking "Is this guy high?" Leonard Zinn is a long time framebuilder and technical editor of Velonews and was slightly bewildered by the results themselves. I wish I had a copy of the issue or I'd post a scan of it. enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives Prefers 170s in Santa Barbara, Calif.