Should this be happening?

Garlic Suplmnt

Hopefully the photo is pretty self explanatory...

What I've noticed with my new road bike is, say if I were to make a sharp left turn. While the wheel is pointing left, if my right foot were to move into the 3 o'clock position while the wheel is straightening up as the turn finishes - the front of my right foot gets caughtbehind the wheel.

I mentioned this to a mate the other night and he reckons it's something that can occur with road bikes in general and needs to be factored for when making turns. Can you wonderful people either concur with this, or indeed offer any other insights.

Cheers

penexpers

Yeah it's called toe overlap and can happen if you make sharp turns at slow speed. I just learned how to avoid it through making sure the pedals are in the right position when making a turn.

seamus

Yep, happens often enough, you just need to be aware of it. It's most likely to happen at lights:

You stop and put your right foot into the 12 or 1 o'clock position and stand up, letting go of the bars. Your wheel flops left (because the bike is leaning towards your left leg).
When the lights go green, you push your right foot into the 3 o'clock position a fraction of a second before you turn the bars and you find that you can't straighten the wheel.

If you're lucky, you won't fall on your face and feel like a plonker.

Easiest way to avoid it is to keep the cranks vertical when making a slow turn, and turn your pedal to 3 o'clock when you stop at lights.

Lumen

Steer less.

Diabhal_Glas

Wear smaller shoes

Morgan

Lumen wrote: »

Steer less.

Lean more.

Diabhal_Glas wrote: »

Wear smaller shoes

Get smaller feet.

Dally

In all my years of cycling I never even noticed this was possible. I'll be checking first thing next time I get on my bike.

Diabhal_Glas

I always cycle with the ball of my foot on the axis of the pedal, that keeps your foot out of the way.
Im no expert on the matter but when you use toe clips, or wear cleats that lock your foot onto the pedals this is usually the way that the foot is positioned so i presume its the most efficient way to cycle anyway.
In that photo the ball of your foot looks way out, It looks like the central arch of your foot is over the axis of your pedal.
I had that problem with steering before but it was more severe that what yours looks but it was because I cycled into the side of a car and bent the forks :eek:

Mr.Boots

Just get a Skateboard

Stupid questions........

Al Wright

Wheel/toe overlap appears to be a normal feature of most road bikes due to the combination of steeper head tube angle and shorter wheelbase. It is usually not a feature on hybrid and touring bikes.
Its just a case of knowing it exists and taking it into account.

macadam

You need one of these,

IM0

penexpers wrote: »

Yeah it's called toe overlap

no its called camel toe, best bring into into a bikeshop and tell them you are having camel toe issues with your 'fit' - bonus points if your a woman OP.

delta_bravo

me@ucd wrote: »

no its called camel toe, best bring into into a bikeshop and tell them you are having camel toe issues with your 'fit' - bonus points if your a woman OP.

Dont forget to ask for a long wait

IM0

delta_bravo wrote: »

Dont forget to ask for a long wait stand

FYP

ednwireland

delta_bravo wrote: »

Dont forget to ask for a long wait

get me these while your there as well, left handed hammer, tin of stripey paint, left handed screwdriver, spirit level bubble, elbow grease etc etc

iregk

im curious. how many of us are now going to go home and try this out and see how close the wheel is to our foot?

Doc_Savage

fit shorter cranks.... fit smaller toeclips.... fit a fork with a bigger rake....

ednwireland

iregk wrote: »

im curious. how many of us are now going to go home and try this out and see how close the wheel is to our foot?

i already know my commuter with mudguards already does this and my focus cayo doesnt

IM0

Doc_Savage wrote: »

fit shorter cranks.... fit smaller toeclips.... fit a fork with a bigger rake....

or...just get used to it, its like complaining about a mtn bike going slow on the road, its just the way it is. Wait till you put SKS mudguards on the bastard, you think the toe overlap is bad now? (ha!)

fun times!

note: the use of the word you is not aimed at Doc_Savage

Garlic Suplmnt

ednwireland wrote: »

get me these while your there as well, left handed hammer, tin of stripey paint, left handed screwdriver, spirit level bubble, elbow grease etc etc

you forgot to ask me to count the ice cubes!