Originally Posted by
bikingman
hm, would be interesting to get his take on the idea that a deeper BB drop lowers the seat, making it easier to jump over the frame. Here, sounds like there's room to note frame rigidity, esp if using canti brakes.
at one point he wrote 8cm of drop, period. I think that is low by standards of 40+ years ago but - today even with a trend to longer cranks 172.5, 175's the pedal cross sections provide way more cornering angle than the ubiquitous Campagnolo Old Record quill pedal.