Toe Overlap
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Toe Overlap
wow. I've been riding an IRO mark V for years, and it has a little rake to the fork. I just set up a Pinarello frame and fork and theres a LOT of toe overlap! getting around cabs, in between cars gets really crazy. I have the Miche pedals, and maybe the clips are longer than the MKS Im used to?
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wow. I've been riding an IRO mark V for years, and it has a little rake to the fork. I just set up a Pinarello frame and fork and theres a LOT of toe overlap! getting around cabs, in between cars gets really crazy. I have the Miche pedals, and maybe the clips are longer than the MKS Im used to?
I went from a steamroller which had a relaxed geo to a kilo tt
after I wrecked and boy was the toe overlapping scary but I've gotten use to it and can go thru traffic no problem.
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First of all, I want to say:
TOEVERLAP
I swear I will get that term to catch on.
OP: you're probably thinking about it too much. I ride a tight-ass Japanese track frame with miles of toeerlap and it's only ever an issue at about 2 mph dicking around in a parking lot somewhere.
TOEVERLAP
I swear I will get that term to catch on.
OP: you're probably thinking about it too much. I ride a tight-ass Japanese track frame with miles of toeerlap and it's only ever an issue at about 2 mph dicking around in a parking lot somewhere.
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exactly. 7th avenue around times square, getting through lanes and lanes of standstill to 2 mile per hour traffic requires sharp lefts and rights and the toeverlap is really scary. i think my MKS clips are shorter, and less of my foot goes into the pedal.
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Even so, just get more used to it and you'll be fine. I compensate for it without even thinking now.
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Indirectly, yes. I love Fugazi and put a Fugazi patch on a hat in college. My friend Jen knew two Daves, me being one of them, and eventually started calling me "Fugazi Dave" to differentiate between the two of us in conversation. It stuck.
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heh, i know ian and joe. they are some nice guys. I think joe moved away with his fam.
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i'm a shorter guy so every bike i own has toe overlap. only time its ever been a problem in traffic was while trackstanding if i put the front wheel at toe much of an angle and forget about it.
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What brands have less toeverlap...haha on their smaller sized frames, like a 49cm? I did some figuring, and the Jamis Sputnik seemed to have more room than others after I subtracted the chain stay length from the wheel base. Is that a decent way to estimate?
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Don't do what I did without realizing it: use 700c wheels in an old road bike frame designed for 27" wheels. Then, yes, you will truly know toe overlap.
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That is what I do with my Olmo road bike. I have about an inch and a half of overlap, but then its not a fixed gear bike.
Having said that, I have had my toe scrape the tire on one occasion, in busy traffic, but it did not disturb my balance.
Having said that, I have had my toe scrape the tire on one occasion, in busy traffic, but it did not disturb my balance.