The difference with the link or the actual mullet setup?Thanks Bombie…..what is the difference and did you think it worth changing?
The difference with the link or the actual mullet setup?Thanks Bombie…..what is the difference and did you think it worth changing?
The Miranda ones seem a reasonable price. My bike came with e-thirteen which are more readily available but around £10-20 dearer than Mirda although etill cheaper than Hope, Praxxis etc.I have been toying with the idea of going from 165 to 155 myself , so have been researching and asking fellow riders ,most have said 155 are the way to go , now just need to see what ones to go for and how much i want to spend
I went from 175 to 155, not any harder to pedal, or go downhill.I guess the Hope 155mm cranks have persuaded quite a few Whyte owners to change cranks....primarily to reduce pedal strikes.
I stopped getting pedal strikes on my E180 once I learned to read the trail but it still does mean having to put in half pedal rotations more than I would like......so I became curious.
I have no such issues with the e160RSX.....both bikes have 165mm cranks....but the RSX is 29er which probably accounts for the difference.
So 155mm cranks for the E180 looked a worthwhile experiment......that is until I did more research!
Firstly the Hope cranks are too expensive for an experiment and I doubt they are any better than Praxis or Race Face Affect which are considerably cheaper.
Secondly for every 5mm cranks length reduction you really need to reduce the chainwheel by one size to maintain the same gearing.
Thirdly the shorter the crank the more power you have to input to get the same result in terms of trail progress/speed and pedalling efficiency is already not a strong point on the E180.
Lastly 10 mm is huge reduction when you consider what a 20mm diameter reduction means in terms pedal rotation circumference and that in turn impacts on weight distribution and balance when stood on level pedals.
So my conclusions are to try 160mm cranks probably by Race Face or Praxis , keep the same chainwheel and accept that I will need to be in 1 lower gear most of the time.
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