Originally Posted by
cxwrench
Normal. I've had toe overlap on nearly every road bike I've ever had and for sure every track bike. Size 41 shoes as well. Deal with it.
Also above post by
rm -rf
That is an eye opener, are you saying that even the road bikes have the issue, probably most of them or even all, the modern ones? So far I rode an older bike, classic from late 1970s, something like what Eddy Merckx rode in his racing days. Not that good bike of course but more or less in appearance.
I guess that's what you get with steeper fork angle that gives these modern bikes more responsive handling.
I suppose it doesn't tend to cause some frequent, frightening accidents, otherwise one would hear about this issue more often. I suppose it can lay you on the ground sideways, same as if you didn't unclip when stopping. But probably mostly it is just a 'hit' that you recover from most times and also get used to anticipating it.