Old 01-05-13 | 02:21 PM
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repechage
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I have not read the Paterek manual, so I cannot comment on any versions of it.

What I do find interesting is that Ticktocktoe as felt it necessary to push his saddle all the way forward currently.
Not saying that is wrong, but I get the feeling that other factors are at work to have caused him to go that way.

Regarding BB drop, in general most framebuilders actually work with drop vs. BB height as this is how the geometry of building a frame gets locked in so you can actually build something. A fixed gear bike often has a slightly higher bottom bracket, before "fixes" became known the extra height was used to avoid scraping a pedal on a steeply banked track, there are a few in the USA where this is really necessary, but those conventions were when Campagnolo old Record pedals were supreme and the axles were quite long, with many current designs this is not a problem. So what pedals and cranks (width and length) would guide me as to how much drop I required, keeping in mind that scraping a pedal is no fun on a fixed gear.
With all that said I would probably not have a BB drop of over 70 mm, and would probably be in the 60's for a road going fixed gear.

Seat tube angle has everything to do with your femur length, pedaling style (at a high cadence) and shoe size.

Way, way back I bought a track bike from a famous maker and assumed it was going to fit, it had a very slack seat tube angle, like 71.5°, totally wrong for my dimensions and cadence needs as I was racing under a gear limit. I got the bike sorted out eventually, and was really happy with by next bike which was fit to me.
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