same goes here - it really depends on the application
road bike, mountain bike or my work bike, i still love my 175s, but i have 180s on my single speed mountain bike, and i tend to like 165s or at most 170s on fixed gears, and 170s on a tourer... and im 6'1"...
theres just so many variables in crank length preference that i think its almost impossible to create a single rule for who should ride what... though that pretty much goes for just about every aspect of bike fit, it seems...
-joel
>I'm the opposite: I ride 165, 170, 172.5 and 175 mm cranks on my
>different bikes and it's all good! (5' 10", saddle top at 75cm from
>center of BB)
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>Chuck Schmidt
>SoPas, SoCal
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