@
carleton,
In post 3456, 55mm was considered to be medium-high drop, but 58mm is now street. Oh the difference the 3mm makes.
Originally Posted by
Baby Puke
Only chiming in here to say that 58mm BB drop may have indeed been standard for old-school track bikes. My Panasonic and many other NJS bikes have a similar BB drop, as they are designed primarily for use on 400m tracks. The steep 250 is a relatively recent phenomenon and is probably the reason for the move to higher BB's. So 58mm may not necessarily be "street", but is definitely "old fashioned".
As I said, the No. 22 is the same geometry as my 40yr old Paramount, so yeah, it's old-school, but it works and it has worked for a very long time.