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Originally Posted by Mark McM
I'm 169mm tall (inner leg length 82cm), and I moved from 170mm to 165mm 2 years ago. I don't have any regrets, but I do have one caveat: In order to compensate for the shorter lever arm of shorter cranks, you also need to lower your gearing. The conventional wisdom is that the lower torque generated by shorter crank arms can be compensated for with a higher cadence. Which works fine in the middle gears, but in order develop a higher cadence in your lowest gear, you need a lower low gear. Otherwise, climbing with the same gear but with shorter cranks actually requires more leg force.
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Thanks Mark, Did you change front chainrings or cassette? Both? I'm currently running 52/36 with an 11-30t. There is not many climbs around me over 12% and those are more of a punchy vs sustained effort. When I was on 11spd the rear was 11/28. I seldom if ever needed it. That said I would like to do some travels to better near by climbing regions.