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neilbah
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What cranks are you using? If I thought I was going to get under on my normal bike, gearing would be 100"/177.5mm. To match that gain ratio on MG, it would be 72"/127.5mm. The shortest I've gone is 140mm, and they still felt pretty soft on 72", equivalent to 91" on my normal cranks. There are other potential gains to be had from short cranks; I couldn't find them when on free-choice gearing, but YMMV