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@M_V
I’m really not a fan of low bbs. It seems to me like the draw backs of a low bb are more difficult to live with than those posed by a high bb.
Two of the frames I have built have pretty high bottom brackets and the only time I notice it is getting on and off.
Conversely I’ve ridden bikes with low bottom brackets before and suffered pedal strike when cornering and climbing technical terrain and hated it.
I always admit that I am not a particularly ‘refined‘ rider so might be so atuned to handling intricacies but my gravel fixed has a 12 ½” bb height and the mtb has bb rise instead of drop (not currently built up so not entirely sure of height) and I really feel they both handle just fine.