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My Chater lea cranks arrived over the weekend.
They look great, I bought them as they were described as 170mm, however according to my ruler they are 180mm long.I hope I'm not being tedious about this, but here we have yet another example of poor imperial to metric conversion.
Chater Lea never made anything with metric measurements - I have my doubts as to whether they'd even heard of centimeters.
These cranks are clearly seven inches. Probably not ideal for fixed on a frame with a low BB.
For me the most important question is always: what length crank is the most efficient and comfortable for the rider?
clubman-
I think you’ll find they’re 177.8mm.
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Hmm. You've stated the obvious there @clubman.
However its exactly the obvious that I was getting confused with, to the point that I couldn't understand why a 180mm length crank wasn't listed along with 61/2, 6/3/4 and 7 inch cranks in Holdsworth's aids to classic cycling. So thanks for that.
As for my comfort, they should fit me well, I'll let you know.
absurdbird
falconvitesse
My Chater lea cranks arrived over the weekend.
They look great, I bought them as they were described as 170mm, however according to my ruler they are 180mm long.
Not sure I can use them on my fixed wheel build now.