In the bike industry, bar width has always been seen as a major player in how your bike feels and handles. But why have so many mountain bikers been ignoring crank arm length for all these years? Rich Payne and Anna Cipullo set out to find if crank length makes a difference to their riding with help from ‪@NekoMulally‬, ‪@SethsBikeHacks‬, ‪@BIKINGWITHBOBO‬, ‪@shellpageau‬ and ‪@5DEV‬.

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⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 Intro
01:11 The CrotchOMeter
03:59 Testing on 170mm cranks
05:50 Testing on shorter cranks
07:26 Summary
09:12 Neko Mulally's Bike
10:32 Testing even shorter cranks
13:33 Summary

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