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Shorter cranks
Hi, looking at buying a used tandem for my wife and myself, how common or easy is it to get hold of shorter cranks/chain set for the stoker?
she's only 5' and has dodgy knees so I think 160 or 155 would help
thanks
jeff
I bought an Orbit tandem from JD Tandems and they drilled extra holes in the stoker's cranks to enable the pedals to be in a different position for a shorter reach.
I assume they could drill holes in most cranks.
Thanks Michael but the Ecosmo wont be suitable for what we want
Cheers Alan and John, ive seen cranks on thorn tandems with the extra hole but wasnt sure wether or not that could be a mod made to other cranks, once ive finally got a tandem if need be i will be in touch with JB tandems
thank you
So my next enquiry having been pointed in the right direction for crank shortening is, does anyone have an old stokers triple/single square taper crank sets that they would want to hire out, loan or sell as there is four to six week waiting when I send my cranks for shortening?
Thanks to all who have helped so far