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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: scott250 on August 01, 2011, 08:37 AM
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Always ran 175 cranks. Do 180s feel much different to ride? or do they feel much the same?
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Depends what your doing, deffinately noticable on a track. I put 180's on a park bike and felt no difference, trails I imagine would be the same. You would have to try it riding a familiar spot and see :daumenhoch:
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Mostly ride trails and sk8 parks - yer, i'll just put em on and test it out - just got hold of some 2nd hand ones - primo hollowbites, so a bit lighter than what i run. cheers for reply.
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I use 180's on my Haro master and have a 45 t chainwheel to get the same feeling as my DP with 175's on and a 44 t chainwheel.
Overall not a lot of difference though :daumenhoch:
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Considering it's only 5mm - I definitely noticed a differnce when I switched to 180s for Racing.
180s seems to fit my spin/legs better.
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Always ran 175 cranks. Do 180s feel much different to ride? or do they feel much the same?
i run 185s on some of my bikes and 180s on others and they don't feel much different, so i would assume it would be the same for 175/180 :daumenhoch:
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With 180's i catch my heel on the brake, with 175's i don't
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With 180's i catch my heel on the brake, with 175's i don't
i thought with 180's you would'nt reach the pedals when sat on the seat ;D ;D
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To ride/race 180's without ending up pedalling "choppy"( swaying side to side ) when pedalling fast , you'd have to be 5'10 " upwards
As Diggs said it don't matter when park riding as you hardly pedal ;)
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With 180's i catch my heel on the brake, with 175's i don't
i thought with 180's you would'nt reach the pedals when sat on the seat ;D ;D
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To ride/race 180's without ending up pedalling "choppy"( swaying side to side ) when pedalling fast , you'd have to be 5'10 " upwards
As Diggs said it don't matter when park riding as you hardly pedal ;)
For park use shorter cranks are more popular, some kids are running 170's, makes spinning tricks easier... apparently... :-\
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To ride/race 180's without ending up pedalling "choppy"( swaying side to side ) when pedalling fast , you'd have to be 5'10 " upwards
As Diggs said it don't matter when park riding as you hardly pedal ;)
im a little over 5'10" - I dont pedal much really - one or two cranks out the rollin, mmm, so most likely wont make much difference. I do the odd nofooter, will my feet find it back ok :P i hate slippin a pedal, haha, hurts like mad.
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I always use 175mm cranks but then again I am only 5' 7".
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To ride/race 180's without ending up pedalling "choppy"( swaying side to side ) when pedalling fast , you'd have to be 5'10 " upwards
As Diggs said it don't matter when park riding as you hardly pedal ;)
they make 1cm difference but if your a bit taller than Spen youll not like em like christian say youll be riding well choppy!!