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Old 03-11-08, 09:17 PM
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It's present is just about any frame under 54CM or so with 700c wheels. It's just a design compromise that smaller riders have to live with, if they want to have big boy wheels.

As a short rider at 5'4", I have this in every single road bike I own, and have owned, even my super-relaxed Trek 420 light-touring bike, and my Surly Cross-Check (another bike with huge fork rake). It's the worst on my track bike, where the wheel practically hits the pedals.

Anyway, you just learn to deal with it, and it's never an issue because you really only turn the wheel enough to fit your toes at very low speeds.
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