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Old 08-11-06, 08:23 PM
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High bottom brackets feel weird. I don't know how they measure the "drop" but remember that if you have road clearance on the frame, adding larger diameter knobbies already increases your clearance by an inch and kicks your center of gravity up.

Some bikes have lower than road bottom brackets so that they have road-like clearance. These bikes also feel a whole lot better. The trade off is nothing. Your chainrings are always below the BB anyway.
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