tatanab wrote:Beware. The Kingpin already has a low bottom bracket with 500A rims. Using 406 will put the bottom bracket even lower so may not be practical (I changed from 451 to 406 on another machine and immediately went back to 451).
Yes the bottom bracket is lower but in practice has not been an issue, Ive got some 150mm cranks to go on so when i get around to it this would increase the ground clearance by another 1.5 cm but as i said i haven't had any issue with pedals hitting the ground when cornering.