Originally Posted by
MHunter91
ive had a mountain bike for a while and im not able to buy a new bike currently, and ive recently started going cycling to places like classes, but ive notices that when i turn (i lean a good amount i dont think its to excessive) and i ride on the main road a lot so i need speed in turns but my bikes pedals keep hitting the ground, this also happens sometimes when i cycle too agressively (i tend to point my feet downward and once got my shoe caught on the ground and my foot was out of commision for a while) should i increase the size of my bike wheels so i have more ground clearance or should i be doing something else?
im about 6"3'
the ground clearance of my bikes pedals when the pedal is at the lowest so like straight down is about 5 and a half inches
my seat is 37 and a half inches off the ground
and my wheels are like 26 inches (taken from like the top of the wheel to the bottom)
if any of this info helps
Pointing your toes downward is the problem; you need to stop doing that. If nothing else, you increase the risk of a foot slipping off the pedal entirely. Whenever I've found myself doing that, it's because my saddle was too high.
Foot retention of some kind might be a good idea because it would help keep you from advancing your feet too far forward on the pedals.