Old 02-06-21, 04:23 PM
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Branko D
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I scuffed the front of my nice shoes a few times due to toe strike dying up some very steep hills and tacking at low speed, but since my bike has a pretty long front-center measurement for a size 53, it really doesn't happen unless I get out of the saddle.

Different manufacturers have different geometries, if I recall correctly Canyon also had a reasonably long front-center measurement on it's size S race bikes while Specialized was noticeably shorter. Sometimes the one size up bike has a different headtube angle than the smaller one and ends up being shorter.

If it bothers you, check geometry charts but outside of switchbacks up steep stuff I don't see it as causing an issue.
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