[Closed] Bone singlespeed question!

Bone because I obviously stuck it on the chat forum! But heh! 😳

I've always had 175mm cranks on my singlespeeds. 165? Silly but why not? More effort uphill, better down, your legs/lungs. Enjoy!

175mm on my singlespeed. shorter cranks for shorter legs...

Mmm! Was thinking of mixing it with lower gearing......

I run 175mm on my SS, and 170mm on geared rides. Im not sure if its psychological but I find them easier to crank up the climbs than shorter ones. I have a 30" inside leg.

A lot of people run longer cranks on a singlespeed as they give you more torque to turn the gear over. I ride 180s mostly.

Cheers Sam

just thinking out loud, trying to work out what everyone else uses in the main.

I went from 170s (cheap 10 years ago) to 175s and there does seem to be a [i]very[/i] slight discernable difference...

I certainly wouldn't want to go shorter again

If your style is fast spinning and the trails you ride aren't too savage then shorter cranks would be a good idea. However as someone already pointed out the theory is that longer cranks give you more leverage when the trail goes up. I personally run 180 on my SS and 175 on both my road and MTB because I had read about 'muscle memory' which means that your legs get used to spinning in a certain way.

Shotgun to the head for the use of the word "bone" in this context 😆

My SS runs a set of 180mm cranks and my geared bike is 175mm. However, years ago when I rode fixed I used 165mm. The main reason being so I could go through corners without clipping a pedal.

You found 10mm makes a big difference to how often you clip your pedals on the floor?

180mm for ss offroad = good leverage for grinding

175mm for road and MTB = standard stuff really

170mm fixed road = easier to spin (quite important, especially downhill)

165mm track = you dont want pedal strike at 30mph with 20 riders on your wheel!

Thanks lads - probably will go for 180mm on the off-road ss in that case then

cheers