my polo bike runs 39x22 ratio, with 172.5 crank arms. I'm getting some shorter cranks, ideally 160, so how should i modify the gearing to account for this?
It's the gain ratio that changed.
I.e. With shorter arms each complete revolution takes a shorter time.
But you loose slightly on the leverage of the longer cranks.
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my polo bike runs 39x22 ratio, with 172.5 crank arms.
I'm getting some shorter cranks, ideally 160, so how should i modify the gearing to account for this?