Brian Duhon

On my track bike I run the same length crank on my track bike that I have on my road bikes - but remember that the bottom brack on the track frame is at a different height than on your road bike.

I don't know what the gears are on the bikes at Alpenrose Velodrome, but back in Washington at Marymoor Velodrome, the rental bikes come with 48x16 usually.

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From: Chip Slöan
To: Obra
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2009 7:53:14 PM
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Track bike advice

So I'm building up my very first track bike to hit some Wednesdays and get going on the track.  2 Questions:

1)  Crank length.  How long can I go?  I run 175s on the road bike, but it seems most run shorter cranks. 

2)  What gear ratios are good to start with?  Like what are on the rental bikes? 

Thanks,

Chip