Originally Posted by
datlas
If by "toe strikes" you mean toe overlap, it should really be a non-issue except at super low speeds when awareness of the possibility should suffice. All my bikes have toe overlap.
Using a zero length stem to compensate for the wrong size bike may be a necessary evil, but I recommend you find another way.
I don't think I've ever had a road bike that didn't have toe overlap. 54/medium-ish frames size 9US shoe, so nothing unusual. I'm talking at least 6 or 7 frames in that size over the years, full-on racy to endurance and gravel frames.
It's just not a problem, ever, you adjust.... or maybe it's that it's the only way I've ridden? Sort of like not having the inside pedal down when turning sharp at speed?
Because of that, it always surprises me that people consider toe overlap at all.