I dislike toe overlap and am migrating towards 26" touring builds. I fit somewhere between 54 and 57 road size, depending on geometry preference, and find I get toe overlap on most of them (and ALL of them when adding fenders). Did I say I dislike toe overlap?
Same here, for road riding when I was young light and fast it didn't matter. The smidge of toe overlap with 25mm tires was irrelevant when riding 15-35mph because you'd never hit the tire at those speeds and angle of steerer. But at 5mph speeds with 35mm+ tires and fenders and full load starting off at a stoplight with an incline it's inevitable the wheel would swing around until getting up to speed which means with fenders you'd jam right against the fender struts. For straight line touring it might be tolerable but commuting I found it unnecessary and irritating. Going from a 700c to 26" LHT @56cm solved that. The 700c bike I have with no fender toe overlap problem is a wonderfully long and comfy Felt Cafe 8. Interestingly the Felt had similar chainstay and wheelbase measurements as a custom bike Roger Durham of Bullseye fame had built up as his road bike. Back in the 70's.. 44" wheelbase, 19" chainstays. No one is SoCal needs fenders but he said he liked the ride.