Alright so I’m a garage framebuilder starting on a single speed/fixed gear frame and would like some input from the collective. The frame is going to be lugged Dedacciai ZeroUno steel. I’m going to use it for puttering about with my kid and some lunch time training work.

I’ve got my road geometry pretty well dialed in but don’t know how, if at all, a single speed/fixed gear bike should differ. I know that track frames use high bottom brackets and quick steering but this frame will never see a track so I’m thinking about just building a road frame w/o all the brazeons. Is this the right approach? To be specific, what’s a realistic amount of bottom bracket drop to ward off pedal strikes? And is there a real value to adding a handlebar strike pad on the top tube?

Any input appreciated.

Thanks.