Hey Mike. Long time, no see. Give me a call and we should ride soon. Ive just been riding up here withe the locals and have been shown/found more and more single track. Hope all is well with you. Have you seen Gary lately? My phone is a bit crap at the moment. Today I got 6 new messages from up to 2 weeks ago (2 sounded like Gary). Seems to be T-mobiles speciality. Speak soon

I´ll ask around. I´ve got a Cannondale Chase I was thinking of getting rid of, but the Spesh Ps are maybe a better bike?

still want my rims?

The way the frame pedals is not due to the physical size of the chain ring, but to its gearing properties. Therfore in overdrive, the the crank will have the same effect on a frame as a traditional crank running for example a 36 (or 38) tooth ring. The way the frame reacts is not due to chain line or length dut due to the forces applied at the cranks and by a riders pedaling stance and style I can also imagine shorter chain length is possible, which is all good, right?

Wow. sounds like a lot of voodoo and hokus pokus engineering to me. Firstly the torque is applied by the riders legs in conjunction with the crank arm length, hence values of newton/meters, foot/pounds etc and that torque is centered through the bb spindle. The gearing at the crank is comparable with whatever sproket you happen to be in at the rear wheel. The torque applied at the cranks is that needed to drive the back wheel round at a certain speed in certain conditions, and no matter what that torque is, it will still be centered on the bottom bracket spindle and will only be the maximum force a riders strength can apply multiplied by the crank arm length. This crankset will not change the way a suspension system works compared to an ordinary crank setup with middle and granny gears having an equvelent number of teeth and the same crank arm length.