Shoes on tyres
sfuller
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Hello all,
Just bought some new road racing cycle shoes. When I click them in and with my foot/shoe as far forward as possible when I turn the wheel the end of the shoe touches the tyre slightly... hope this makes sense. Anyone else have this problem?
Samuel
Just bought some new road racing cycle shoes. When I click them in and with my foot/shoe as far forward as possible when I turn the wheel the end of the shoe touches the tyre slightly... hope this makes sense. Anyone else have this problem?
Samuel
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Are the shoes a lot longer than your old ones?
If all is correct with your positioning then think about how much you are turning the bars... are you likely to have the wheel turned this much in a normal situation?
You've just prompted me to go and get on my bike in the garage and see how much clearance I have... it's a good 5cm or so.
Or maybe you are a short-arse on an extra-small bike with size 15 feet? Just a thought.[:D]
Oh and I have just purchased the shoes and just had the bike given to me....
And bopo nothing wrong with being an umpa lumpa, there's more of us out here than you think, and we pack a nasty ankle punch, so you lofty's beware.
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Looking at the picture, you've got the cleat all the way forward so the shoe can't go any further back on the pedal but in the top down shot it looks a long way forward on the pedal which is odd.
It must just be a quirk of the frame, fork, pedal and shoe combination but I'm not sure how you're going to fix this. Is there anyone oyu can borrow a different type of pedals and shoes from to see fi that helps? Maybe a trip to your local bike shop is in order.
The only thing I could think of would be a fork with really exaggerated 'rake'. That would move the front wheel further away. Unfortunately, it would also completely change the handling of the bike!!
And it didn't happen with your old shoes? Hmm, I'm flumuxed!!
I think it goes along the line small bike, short wheelbase, to get rider in perfect position there may be some toe overlap, for general riding it is not an issue.
BigR
On both my bikes (63cm Frame size) I would need shoes like a circus clown to get any toe overlap [:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]
BigR
Today really peeed off --- Back Spasm when getting in car at 06:10 to go Sunderland Triathlon [:@] [:@][:@][][:(][:(][:(][:(] - still cannot move around very much - looks like rest of season going to be a wash out ... was due to do the Rydale Rumble Sportive next weekend as
...... well time for Rest
I had exactly the same issue this morning, new bike and shoes, while testing the clipping in and out (stationary) I found myself kicking the tyre.
Thing is though, you'll never turn the handlebars through that angle while you're riding. If you do, you'll surely fall.
What bike you on?