Most data on the effects of crank length are based on tests that have been taken on ergometers. But ergometer data can be regarded with suspicion, as we have implied, and this has certainly been true with regard to data on long cranks.
A new, updated edition of a popular book on the history, science, and engineering of bicycles, by MIT mechanical engineering professor emeritus David Gordon Wilson.
^David Gordon Wilson, Frank Rowland WhittBicycling Science by David Gordon Wilson and Frank Rowland Whitt (2004, Paperback)ISBN 9780262731546 (revised Dec 2014)
