If you are imaging all sorts of frightening accidents from this you probably shouldn't read about how dangerous the old 7 style bike stems are. It use to create quite the hysteria.
Your question about toe interference is as old as that and might date back to times since we quit riding penny farthings. Probably they considered toe interference every now and then preferable to leg interference all the time <grin>
I'd be almost certain that if you get toe interference while riding your bike at any speed more than a walk, then you'll already be well into the process of crashing before the toe interference even occurs.
Last edited by Iride01; 09-19-21 at 01:04 PM.