Salut,
Si l'on trouve un peu partout (et de plus en plus) des articles mentionnant l'intérêt de raccourcir sa taille de manivelle, celui-ci me parait être un des plus instructifs avec l'apport de plusieurs auteurs:
http://www.cobbcycling.com/crank-length-coming-full-circle/-diminuer les manivelles et augmenter le développement
-l'impact sur la consommation d'oxygène
-sur la position globale du cycliste
-sur le passage du point mort
Un extrait:
“MARTIN CONDUCTED A STUDY USING 60 RACERS OF ALL SKILL LEVELS. HE WOULD VARY CRANK LENGTH IN 15MM INCREMENTS, BOTH LONGER AND SHORTER. HIS FINDINGS SHOWED THAT THERE WAS NO POWER DIFFERENCE FROM ONE LENGTH TO ANOTHER, BUT THAT OXYGEN UPTAKE WAS ALWAYS BETTER WITH SHORTER CRANKS.
“SUBSEQUENTLY I WORKED WITH A RIDER WHO IS 6’5″, BRINGING HIS CRANK LENGTH DOWN TO 165MM’S OVER THREE MONTHS. HE’S GAINED 65 WATTS OF POWER.”
En plus généraliste, il y a ce site qui met en relation taille de manivelle et douleur possible:
http://bikedynamics.co.uk/FitGuidecranks.htmEt à l'extrémité du spectre, on trouve "Power Cranks", surement déjà discuté ici, l'ensemble fait un peu sectaire mais cela à le mérite de montrer l'utilisation de manivelle de 145mm:
https://www.powercranks.com/cld.htmlSuite:
https://www.powercranks.com/cld-more.html"But, the real question is can I race well on shorter cranks?
Professional triathlete Courtney Ogden has taken this seriously. Since experimenting with short cranks he has won two major events (Ironman Western Australia and the Metaman Bintan triathlon and its $40,000 first prize)
using 145 mm crank length. Drew Peterson improved his placing in the Everst Challenge (28,000 ft of climbing) from 26th to 9th after changing his crank length from
180 to 110! Gary Kelly completed Ultraman Australia on 145mm PowerCranks."
Edit 2: Apparement les gains seraient encore plus importants en adaptant la taille du vélo à ces nouvelles manivelles