You don't need the wedges. Those are for folks with smaller LLDs. For small LLDs, approaches like blocks, shims, and creative cleat placement can work, but for large ones like ours, I believe that a dropped pedal is the best approach.
http://www.hscycle.com/Pages/cantsandwedges.html
While I had him build me an entire crank set, it may be possible for him to build you a single crank arm with a dropped pedal for your long leg size that would be comptable with any crank set.
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11-14-2007, 06:44 AM #1
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I have to say, not that I am a bio-engineer, or anything, but I think the idea of the dropped pedal on equal length cranks makes very good sense. This guy sounds like he really knows what he's doing.
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Trisk - I just sent an inquiry to Tom at High Sierra, so thanks for that tip.
It would help if you could, when you have a chance, describe how the dropped pedal works on your longer leg. I'm having trouble visualizing it.
Many thanks!
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11-16-2007, 06:17 PM #4
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Look at the picture in the link. The dropped pedal pivots throughout the pedal stroke. Both crank arms are the same length, but on the long leg side is a pivoting extension the size of your LLD, say 1", and the pedal is built into the bottom of that. Its lets the length of the crank arm continually adjust throughout the pedal stroked. Tom is more of a phone guy than email guy so try ringing him up.
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