Originally Posted by
KJ43
Lots of mountain bikes have had toe overlap as well over the years. We can agree to disagree on this one. It's not a design flaw...it's a technique issue.
If you keep having issues I'd work on developing your pedaling technique.
I believe toe overlap has actually been pretty uncommon in MTBs.
The only time it came up was in the early days of 29ers when head tube angles were still really steep, and top tubes were still kinda short. (and even then it was not common and only an issue in the small sizes) That got addressed pretty quickly because unlike road bikes, it really is a big issue for mountain bikes.
I don’t think it is an issue for riding dirt/gravel roads, though.