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Yes it's to be expected, though I don't get it a lot on my MTB. I'm pretty sure it comes up in MTB reviews when they look at BB drop etc. Some new geo full sus bikes are now coming specced with 165mm cranks for this reason. I think it's maybe more an issue when you're designing/marketing a bike to take 700s and 650s - you want a fairly low BB with the 700s to keep it feeling planted on road but this will drop a bit with 650s in the same bike, unless you go to really mahoosive tyres. I had a cx race bike with 55mm BB drop as opposed to this Cotic's 70mm. No pedal strike that I can recall, but didn't feel as stable as everything was higher - saddle further off the ground and headube taller too, to maintain stack height in relation to BB centre.
On this bike it's most alarming when you're pedalling fast in a rut. Given the nature of UK gravel (lots of it not really gravel) there's an argument for an UK designed bike to use a touch higher BB drop.
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Um. Did I miss something or are pedal strikes off-road not par for the course?They are with mtbs and nobody suggests it’s the frameset or cranks (unless you buy something stupid)