Hey,
My new team bikes are coming with compact crank sets on them. I am used to riding a standard but am interested in trying out the compact. an 11-25 cassete will have more of a range than a 12-15 with a standard crank. According to gear ratios charts. Heres the thing though. I am not a physicist. but if the chain rings are smalled than doesnt that change the amount of force made and thus change power output. I know that I will have more gears when climbing so thats fine. Also I am around 6'2" i ride a 172.5 crank arm length and have been reading about crank arm length recently. Most things I have seen say that it comes down to preference, and that there is no decisive studies to suggest anything. But do any of you out there have an opinon on what size cranks i should use. And what longer arms might or might not help.
My new team bikes are coming with compact crank sets on them. I am used to riding a standard but am interested in trying out the compact. an 11-25 cassete will have more of a range than a 12-15 with a standard crank. According to gear ratios charts. Heres the thing though. I am not a physicist. but if the chain rings are smalled than doesnt that change the amount of force made and thus change power output. I know that I will have more gears when climbing so thats fine. Also I am around 6'2" i ride a 172.5 crank arm length and have been reading about crank arm length recently. Most things I have seen say that it comes down to preference, and that there is no decisive studies to suggest anything. But do any of you out there have an opinon on what size cranks i should use. And what longer arms might or might not help.