Originally Posted by
waynesulak
Shorter pedals, shorter rear cranks, and / or reducing Q-factor with shorter bottom bracket are probably the best options for reducing pedal strike. Larger diameter rear tire might help by raising the rear BB but that would be marginal at best.
Just pointing out that there are practical limits to lowering BBs. We're going to be running the crankarms we need to pedal, standard road pedals, and a tandem crankset, probably FSA. One could probably have these latter two items custom designed and made, to fit a custom frame designed to receive them, and get a BB maybe .5cm lower. Pretty hard to make a case of that being worth it.