Crank length ?

[thebarber]

I posted this on the vitus forum but might get a better response here....

What size cranks is every one using?

After a piss poor attempt at the road gap on shredder @ AE forest my bike feels like it's out of Billy Smarts Circus. So I'm in need of new crank arms. What size has everyone settled on? I did mabie forest and kirroughtree the next day and was clashing pedals like a gudun, went back to mabie...

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[7869hodgy]

I've tried 152mm and currently on 160mm. Both work just fine....prefer 160mm (at the moment)

 

[urastus]

My bike came with 165mm. I was getting a lot of pedal strikes, not so much anymore. I think I was being lazy and just spinning through everything. I've been relearning how to ride through obstacles, a couple of quick strokes to get over stuff with momentum. I'm contemplating going to my previous standard 175 because I usually ride in low assistance mode. 165 works fine though.

 

[thebarber]

165mm ordered so I might get a few less strikes

 

[thebarber]

Crank set lost in post, what other decent options for Shimano steps e8000 are available?

 

[steve_sordy]

165mm. All pedal strikes were my fault because I wasn't paying attention. But I seldom get pedal strikes.

 

[thebarber]

Looking for other brands now, I'll get 165s but seems shimano are short in supply