Cycling, Hip Inpingement & Crank Arm Length

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[@AaronCorcoran1]

Some people have a mis-shaped head to the femur that impinges in the hip socket at acute angles such as when road riding. It’s called femoral-acetabular impingement and leads to labels tears and eventually hip osteoarthritis. I had it on both sides and had surgery for it. It’s now mostly better, but I still have hip pain from time to time 165 mm cranks and wider spacing between pedals have helped me a lot, but I also don’t ride in an aggressive aerodynamic posture. A simple x-ray can reveal the condition, but it took me ten years before finding a doctor that thought to check.

[@wkwong80]

That's great you got that identified & sorted! Thanks for watching & for the comment.

[@Tom-hp4bq]

How long is that stem? jesus

[@wkwong80]

😂 it’s 180mm & the top tube is 60cm 😅

[@DDai-qd8uk]

Love your channel

[@wkwong80]

Thank you!

[@charlesmoore1067]

Good rant on shorter cranks😂. For me it was about providing more clearance between big thighs and chest containing lungs the size of trash bags 😂. Shorter cranks reduced thigh impingement, inspired by the Doc Martin video on the subject. But yes, I do notice hip impingement doing proper powerlifting squats with a narrow stance. So I’ve got a wider toe out stance for squats. So maybe the shorter cranks reduce hip impingement which I wasn’t aware of because my thighs crashed into my chest.

[@wkwong80]

Unfortunately I don’t have the large quad impingement problem 😂 but yes, that reduction in the pedal circle diameter would also alleviate that as well.

[@gutierrezp49]

great vid. where did you get your lemond from? ive been trying to find one.

[@wkwong80]

I live in the US. For a long time, they were easy to find but not anymore. At a certain point you almost couldn’t give them away. I’m sure all the track racers grabbed the remaining inventory. Good luck finding one. If you’re patient, I’m sure you’ll see one pop up.

[@Ehsender]

Guru!

[@wkwong80]

That’s right! Guru. That setup was very cool. Thanks for answering the $10k question. 😀