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Originally Posted by look 171
All my life, including the toe clip day my one of my foot will the front tire each and every time when I crank the front wheel. I have never needed to crank the front wheel that much where it will hit my foot. Never when I am on the bike. Not even a track stand in the dead middle of traffic. I agree with you, it the frame is too small, then that's a small issue. No matter what, the ball of the foot should be right over the pedal spindle hitting the front tire or not.
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No doubt experienced riders have a better awareness of overlap, in addition likely have toe clips or clipless pedals. Still yet, even if they have a pedal set-up which also keeps the foot from slipping forward AND has overlap, it could surprise them in a quick evasive manuever and down they go.
The problem are those riders buying a tight geometry frame and if they don't know whether if in fact has overlap. One quick swerve while pedaling and they won't understand why they crashed.
Personally, I really like the newer compact frames with short crank riding 700C wheels for both on and off road.
