Road Cycling - Toes scrape wheel?!

Hi everyone,
I have just bought my first pair of clipless pedals, a pair of Candy SL's for my Trek XO1. I use them with my Shimano SPD-SL Road shoes and they work just fine apart from one thing.
When i turn the wheel, the toe of my shoe when clipped in can actually scrape the front wheel. Is this normal?

yes it is normal.. especially if you have big feet.;)

This will only happen at very low speeds where you can really give the wheel a good turn. After a while you will learn to compensate for it. When you are going faster you cannot safely turn the wheel enough for this to happen.

If you do,it will onlt be 1 time,lol

My Shimano MTB shoes (wich I use on my road bike btw) have two sets of holes for the cleats. You could try moving the cleats to the forward set of holes which would move your feet back about 1/2 inch.

Assuming your cleats are on properly? That is that the axel pedal is under the ball of your second big toe. I don't know if I would consider that normal? I've got big feet size 49 and I cant hit my front wheel on my racing bike. Like others have said it most likely is no big deal unless you are going real slow around something but you will have to be aware of it cause it will put you down if you forget...

Rower...only move your cleats if you feel it needs to be done for proper pedal/foot position. If you feel set up correctly and don't have knee pain then leave cleats alone. Almost all racing bikes share this quality of hitting your shoe...it should never happen while riding.

No offense Isits, but I'm a person who gets some knee pain and struggles with proper position for best results. Once you get feet set up well then I suggest leaving them.

Rower...only move your cleats if you feel it needs to be done for proper pedal/foot position. If you feel set up correctly and don't have knee pain then leave cleats alone. Almost all racing bikes share this quality of hitting your shoe...it should never happen while riding.

No offense Isits, but I'm a person who gets some knee pain and struggles with proper position for best results. Once you get feet set up well then I suggest leaving them.
Agreed if your comfortable w/ the cleates don't move em. And don't wory about hitting the wheel ;)

On a road racer, toe-clip overlap is a minor issue, but this is a cyclo-cross bike, specially designed for tricky, slow-speed riding at obstacles.
What size is the frame?
How long are the cranks? For an average male (5'10" ish) a 170 is about right, but many bikes come with longer sizes. It should be stamped on the inside of the arm.
Its worth checking UK law, I dont think you are allowed to sell a complete bike with TCO. You can with a custom bike though.

No offense Isits, but I'm a person who gets some knee pain and struggles with proper position for best results. Once you get feet set up well then I suggest leaving them.

Ok, a bonehead reply on my part. I guess what I was trying to say was that the option to move your cleats was there as long as it didn't affect your comfort or performance.

Thanks alot for all the replies, really appreciate it.
The frame is 54cm and i will check the crank length tonight. There are no other holes to put the cleats into unfortunately but i find the riding position comfortable where it is so wouldn't really want to move the cleats anyway. Suppose the only thing it could be is the crank length. I'll check this later.
Thanks again

My bike has overlap too and just got in a habit on slow tight turns to drop my heel down before and that raises the toe to miss the wheel; becomes second nature after a while.

You'll get used to it. :)

Scotty! Howdy from Tucson!
Many bikes have the old 'toeclip overlap' problem. Be aware of it and compensate for it. Happens only on tight turns and usually slo-motion.
Just brushing the front tire slightly on my Merlin and even have it on our tandem.
No worry, keep a-riding!