Do your feet hang up when pedaling? If so your options are adjusting foot placement, or shorter cranks. Even with shorter cranks it doesn’t make it so you’ll never bump your heel to your peg.
I ride 160’s and love them, but it’s because they make spins feel easier. Hitting the peg with my heel is a bonus though
daminwalt on
Either learn how to pedal/place your foot without hitting your peg with your heel or get shorter cranks
wobblerofweebles on
You are running the same frame with shorter cranks (I rode 170mm) and same shoe size as me, and I also run four pegs. Your other comment said your heel hits the peg but I can tell you that mine doesn’t. It’s all about the way you ride, where you put your foot on the pedal, if you pick up or drop your heel and what tricks you’re doing. It’s not a universal thing for everyone. I personally do lots of fakies with and without a cassette and have never had an issue hitting my heels on my pegs. Making some adjustments to your foot placement and position could help but it might feel really unnatural to you. Considering you have a frame with a short rear end and you can’t go much shorter on your cranks, you might need to try to adjust unless you want to swap for a longer frame or take your back peg off on your non-dominant side like a lot of people do.
bestoftheworst69 on
I just run 3 pegs
jazzadelic on
I ride the shortest available chainstay, and it wigged me out at first too. You’ll get used to it after 2-3 sessions.
Its_me_jayman on
I’m 5’9 & shoe size 9.5 my new cranks are 175MM & have had no issues hitting the pegs
GoldAd9127 on
6’2 35 size 10 shoe, 170mm crank 21.25 X 13.65 frame
Good to go
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Does your foot catch on the pegs when pedalling?
Do your feet hang up when pedaling? If so your options are adjusting foot placement, or shorter cranks. Even with shorter cranks it doesn’t make it so you’ll never bump your heel to your peg.
I ride 160’s and love them, but it’s because they make spins feel easier. Hitting the peg with my heel is a bonus though
Either learn how to pedal/place your foot without hitting your peg with your heel or get shorter cranks
You are running the same frame with shorter cranks (I rode 170mm) and same shoe size as me, and I also run four pegs. Your other comment said your heel hits the peg but I can tell you that mine doesn’t. It’s all about the way you ride, where you put your foot on the pedal, if you pick up or drop your heel and what tricks you’re doing. It’s not a universal thing for everyone. I personally do lots of fakies with and without a cassette and have never had an issue hitting my heels on my pegs. Making some adjustments to your foot placement and position could help but it might feel really unnatural to you. Considering you have a frame with a short rear end and you can’t go much shorter on your cranks, you might need to try to adjust unless you want to swap for a longer frame or take your back peg off on your non-dominant side like a lot of people do.
I just run 3 pegs
I ride the shortest available chainstay, and it wigged me out at first too. You’ll get used to it after 2-3 sessions.
I’m 5’9 & shoe size 9.5 my new cranks are 175MM & have had no issues hitting the pegs
6’2 35 size 10 shoe, 170mm crank 21.25 X 13.65 frame
Good to go