leix_toffee
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Anyone having excessive pedal strikes? I have a 2021 Stereo Hybrid SL. Has anyone fitted shorter crank arms?
Add a volume reducer to your rear shock first. Costs nothing and is ez to do. Watch a youtube vid on it. It wont make the bike hatsh and youll be able to leave your bike at 30% sag, or wherever you had/prefer it. It will just ramp up quicker and give it more midstrokd support so the bike wont wallow low and thus get pedal strikes. Really , with the cube hybrid its a win win no lose scenario. Test it some more. Youll get more and more used to where your new pedal location is. The bike already has 165 cranks. If the air volume reducer in the r shock isnt enough you can shorten the cranks 5mm. Other options are adding 10mm of travel to your fork. That will add 3mm to the bb height and its also cheap to do or you csn get a "reverse components" angle reducer race for $15 from bike24. That will rase the front 10mm also, so 3mm at the bbI have tried upping the pressure in the rear and it helps a little but makes the ride really harsh (10-15% sag). I am riding about 18!years and a lot of bikes but never this amount of strikes. Maybe it’s just the nature of EMTB, possibly different pedalling dynamics.
Except the 3 other chiices i gave him. Non cheaper than just adding more air, but who wants that harsh ride
1cm is quite a lot really.Yes of course, but will that be enough to get fewer pedal strikes?
1cm isn't very much. Maybe that's all it needs.
Mainly shame and public ridiculeWould you notice any difference pedalling with 155mm cranks?
Mainly shame and public ridicule
l thought, it won't make your cadence any faster, how could it?
But then l realised that,
What shorter crank arms will do, is increase the effort required for a given bike speed, and because of that, you might end up in a lower gear, so turning the cranks faster.
He's already riding an eeb, how much worse could it be?Mainly shame and public ridicule
Yeah, it kinda does.its a viable option for some people it doesnt mean they are inept.
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