{"id":12,"date":"2010-07-27T15:25:27","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T15:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatweuse.com\/blog\/?p=12"},"modified":"2010-07-27T15:38:12","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T15:38:12","slug":"clydesdale-triathlon-training-crank-length","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatweuse.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/clydesdale-triathlon-training-crank-length\/","title":{"rendered":"Clydesdale Triathlon Training &#8211; Crank Length"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatweuse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Cranks177.5mm1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24\" title=\"Cranks177.5mm\" src=\"https:\/\/whatweuse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Cranks177.5mm1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just rode faster than the previous 4 rides with my new 177.5mm dura ace cranks.<br \/>\nThe crank length was recommended to me by the fit calculator on competitive cyclist.<br \/>\nHaving recently tried 165mm, 172.5mm, and 177.5mm, I believe your crank length should be set by both your physical size, and equally as important, your riding style.<br \/>\nMasher = long crank length<br \/>\nSpinner = short crank length<\/p>\n<p>For Mashers, longer crank=at a given RPM, you can push about one harder gear for a given amount of power.<\/p>\n<p>For Spinners, shorter crank=at a given RPM, your actual footspeed is slower (Smaller circle) for a given amount of power, thus saving energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just rode faster than the previous 4 rides with my new 177.5mm dura ace cranks. The crank length was recommended to me by the fit calculator on competitive cyclist. Having recently tried 165mm, 172.5mm, and 177.5mm, I believe your crank &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatweuse.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/clydesdale-triathlon-training-crank-length\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,15],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-triathlon","tag-bike","tag-triathlon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatweuse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatweuse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatweuse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatweuse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatweuse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatweuse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25,"href":"https:\/\/whatweuse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatweuse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatweuse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatweuse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}