Originally Posted by
George3
In busy traffic that will fail one time.
This seems a serious design flaw to me. You should complain at the factory and ask for another bike IMO. And you can complain to the safety authorities in your country. All users of these bikes should be warned worldwide. Which bike is it?
That "design flaw" is common to huge numbers of bicycles that are ridden without incident on a daily basis. My favorite bike has considerable toe overlap and has been ridden for over 150,000 miles without that design causing any problems. And, BTW, the issue is not limited to small frames - mine is a 60cm Cannondale (crit geometry frame). The front wheel is only turned enough to potentially hit my shoe in extremely tight turns such as making a U-turn in a driveway and I coast with the inside pedal up when making such turns. Normal left or right turns on the road do not involve enough turning of the handlebars to create a toe-overlap issue.