Quote Originally Posted by LBTC View Post
Long story short, Andy says to shim the cleats, do not use different sized cranks. I'm assuming there is a lot more to it than just changing the reach for one leg or the other, since the shorter cranks affect acceleration, etc.
I wonder if *where* you end up with the discrepency wouldn't make a difference to how you would want to solve it. It would seem like cleat shims basically add length to your lower leg, so if your length difference originates in the upper leg, while shimming would make it possible for the shorter leg to reach the pedal when the longer leg is at an optimal saddle height, you would still have an imbalance. If you had a crank set designed to accomodate the length discrepency it might be better since then you are working with the hip to knee length rather than the knee to foot one. For most of us, the difference in our legs isn't enough to worry about something as involved as working out how to put two different cranks on the bike and still have it work properly, but it sounds like Ogresse not only now has a pretty large difference, she also races, so she needs everything to be as optimal as possible.

Only a little related - oddly enough my shorter leg (and I don't know if its an actual length discrepency or just a functional one - maybe I should try to measure some day) is the stronger one, and also my dominant leg? Go figure