POLL: crank length & height

[CorsairMac]

another beer holder for tall guys:

5'2" 29" inseam

Trek 1100 Road: 50 cm frame, 165 cranks (and toe lap)
Peugeot Road: 51 cm frame, not a clue but probably 170 (and toe lap)
Trek 820 Mtb Bike: who knows
Trek 200 Navigator: who knows

(ain't I just a Wealth of info )

[DeniseGoldberg]

I'm 5'5", and the cranks on all of my bikes are 165mm.
All custom, 2 touring bikes (1 diamond frame, 1 Bike Friday), and a Bike Friday road bike.

[DirtDiva]

What a bunch of short stuffs we are! Well, not everyone, but there are more people in this thread who are shorter than me than taller and that sure doesn't reflect my real life experience!

By the way, Corsair-wealth-of-information-Mac, I'd have had no idea how long my cranks were if I couldn't have looked it up on the Gary Fisher website.

[Crankin]

I have no idea what size my cranks are, but from reading this, I bet they're 165s (Trek 5200 WSD with 650 wheels). I was thinking the same thing about our collective height! I am 5' 1" (though I may have shrunk a bit?) and it seems like there are tons of people on this list that are my height... do you think there are more women cyclists who are short for any specific reason?
I just got back from a bike tour with Trek travel. The bike i used was the updated version of my bike (a Madone 5.2). Somehow, in updating the design, they managed to put 700 wheels on a 47 cm bike. I spent half of the trip getting used to the feeling of being higher up and the different feeling of turning with larger wheels. i did not like it at all! Maybe it's my poor spatial abilities, but I liked getting back to my own teeny bike with teeny wheels. A creature of habit, I guess.

[caligurl]

i've grown since i began working out! lol!

i'm 5'3" (made hubby remeasure about 6 times cuz i didn't believe it!!!!!!!!!!) (i was 5'2" or a bit over for years!)

crank: 167.5
bike: 51 (but it's too big )

i've been told i could use a 170 with my inseam (28" if i remember correctly)

[RoadRaven]

I'm 5'10" (unlike cali I have shrunk an inch since I was a teen)

I have a 54" frame bike and my cranks are 175


Just of interest for you crank-ophiles, my partner is 6'3".
His TimeTrial bike is a 58" frame, and with his 83cm seat height (he has very long legs) he has had custom cranks made (which were cheaper to have made and delivered from America, than to have done locally).
185 cranks on his 58"TT frame.

[fasteryet]

On a ride this past Tuesday with the assistant manager of my LBS, a crank length discussion came up. She said the the latest thinking in the bike world is that 172.5 is right for the majority of riders, no matter what height.
PS. I'm currently 5'4" and using 170's on my road bike and hybrid, and feel that they fit perfectly. Road bike is C-Dale r800 50 cm frame.