Feet touching front wheel

[Lonestar]

[QUOTE 5014775, member: 9609"]have you rear ended anything recently ?[/QUOTE]

@Fnaar

 

[Fnaar]

@Fnaar

 

[Lonestar]

Toe overlap, I'm a short arse I have it on all my bikes and always have had. Its a minor nuisance on the fixed when maneuvering at low speed, and its had me on the floor once when maneuvering the geared bike at low speed, touched the mudguard with my foot and it rolled up under the fork crown.

Except the Brompton none of my bikes have a front mudguard.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Except the Brompton none of my bikes have a front mudguard.

I run guards on all my bikes.

 

[Slick]

It does on one of my bikes and it did kinda catch me by surprise at first, but now I just ignore it. I think the bike is a bit small for me but I find it's very comfortable on the drops where my bigger bike has no toe overlap but feels just a bit stretched on the drops. I'm sure I could fix it with a shorter stem but we'll probably need to live with the wheel catching the toe every now and again.

 

[Jody]

Do you have mudguards? I found getting mine cut down helped a bit

Not yet. They are on the shopping list though with winter approaching.

 

[Jody]

It looks like its more common than I thought and not just a geometry flaw of a small Defy. Will just have to be more mindful of it at junctions so I don't end up on my arse.

 

[mustang1]

Happens on my road bike. Need to be very careful when using raceblades because the foot hits the raceblades which jams against the tyre. I've learned when this happens to just apply a bunch of power to allow the tyre to start spinng again, this avoiding a fall.

 

[boydj]

Common problem on small frames. Easy to manage on a bike with a freewheel - just a bit of forward and back on the pedals to keep the offending foot out of the way when doing slow speed sharp turns. More of a problem on a fixie, though.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Are you using mtb shoes & cleats?
I get it with them on a road bike.
I use spd-sl cleats with a road shoe now which seems to solve it , mtb shoes seem to put you foot a bit nearer to the wheel.

 

[Jody]

Are you using mtb shoes & cleats?
I get it with them on a road bike.
I use spd-sl cleats with a road shoe now which seems to solve it , mtb shoes seem to put you foot a bit nearer to the wheel.

Not thought of that. Yes I'm using normal spds and mtb shoes.

 

[raleighnut]

I get it on this one but it's an extremely short wheelbase frame,

 

[Ajax Bay]

No[t] thought of that. Yes I'm using normal spds and mtb shoes.

If your shoes offer such adjustment, could you mitigate the risk of toe overlap by shifting your cleats forward as far as they will go?

 

[alicat]

Never happened to me yet, taps head.

 

[velovoice]

Moving the cleat too far forward will potentially cause foot problems.

+1
Compromising your fit/position to align to an ill-fitting bike is never a good idea. Do what you can to make the bike fit you, not the other way round. If it can't be done within reason and safety, then change bikes.