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So, even if spinning faster, shorter cranks can be more aero efficient than a longer crank al lower rpm?
It's really marginal but if hypothetically taken in isolation and brought to extremes, a metre long crankset spinning very slowly is in fact probably less aerodynamic than a 10 cm one spinning very fast with a lower gear ratio but producing the same speed. Or am I wrong?