Maybe just raise the seat and see if that helps rather than moving it back as well. It will move back a little by moving up anyway, and I've learned the hard way to change just one thing at a time when trying to address this sort of trouble. I think that crankarm length should be okay--try it with the higher seat before replacing...
My $.02, Steve On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 2:47 PM, WETH <[email protected]> wrote: > My wife who is 5'3" with a PBH of 74 develops knee pain during rides > longer than 10 miles. As she has been easing into cycling over the last > year, she rides exclusively in her small chainring (24) on her Sugino XD2 > triple 46-36-24 with 165mm crankarms. The pain is in front in her > kneecaps. I am going to be raising her seat slightly and pushing her > saddle slightly back to see if that helps. I am also considering shorter > crank arms given her relatively short legs compared to torso. > Does anyone have experiences with shorter crank arms, especially folks in > my wife's height range? Also thoughts on good crank sets with shorter > crank arms? I was thinking of trying 155mm crank arms if adjusting seat > height didn't alleviate the issue. Can I put non-Sugino crank arms on a > Xd2? > Thanks for any insights, > Erl > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
