As a coach of numerous National Track Champions in the past, and a tracky myself, I should point out that if you have not become familiar with the shorter crank length you will initially have difficulty being efficient in your pedal action and you won't develope your potential output until you are firing the nerves in the right timing. The nervous system of the body is a little like the ignition system of a car. If the timing isn't perfect, neither car or person will function optimally. In our case, if you have only ever trained on longer cranks your nervous system fires the muscles at the appropriate angle for those cranks. Shorter cranks require different timing because the angles through which your limbs travel are different. You simply need to get used to the shorter cranks by constantly training on them before you make any comparisons. To use myself as an example, I have very short thighs and as a result I decided to experiment with 160mm cranks (specially made) after having used 165mm cranks for 27 years prior to that. It took me about 12 months to smooth out the pedal action to a point where I could get plenty of RPM's. It shouldn't take the average cyclist that long to aclimatise, but I am notoriously lazy in the training department. I am kicking myself that I didn't chase up the shorter cranks when I was really fit and only 25 years old. Now, at 44 yrs and not as fit, (but with the shorter cranks) I am pulling out better track TT times than ever, and my flying 200 is the same as when I was 25.