Quote Originally Posted by Regina View Post
The site says they recommend shortened cranks for recumbants, only, as a safety factor.

Pardon the drift, here....but measuring crotch to floor is not your "inseam", but perhaps your "leg length". Isn't "inseam" what you would wear for pants - which would go to about ankle height? Say, 3" shorter than inseam?

Alas, as with Kitsune06 and Mimi - I offer no helpful insight.....
It's a semantics thing, when one says inseam in the cycling world you generally assume the measurment was taken like this
"Stand with your back against a wall, your bare feet 6" apart on a hard floor, looking straight ahead. Place a book or carpenter’s square between your legs with one edge against the wall, and pull it up firmly into your crotch, simulating the pressure of your saddle while riding. Have a helper measure from the top edge of the book to the floor, in centimeters. (You can convert inches to centimeters by multiplying inches by 2.54.) Repeat two or three times, for consistency, and average the results to get your inseam length."