Foot ridding front wheel when turning
05-31-22, 07:26 PM
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Foot ridding front wheel when turning
Hey guys, Ive been riding a new bike the past two days that I commandeered from my houses deep storage, and its behaving very strangely. Ive noticed that when making a sharp turn at low speeds, there is a "failure mode" where my foot hits the front wheel. This bike is has a very short stem so it is very twitchy, its also much too small for me (it says 47 on the frame but I dont think its actually that small.) In trying to recreate this failure mode I almost crashed a few times. luckily it seems like this is impossible at high speeds because of how bikes turn, if that makes sense. Anyone else deal with this before? Is it because im riding too small of a bicycle? Its wicked fast
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You should be glad its just a ridding problem, and not kerfudding.
05-31-22, 07:31 PM
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Do you remember if it has a tripple?
05-31-22, 07:49 PM
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D@mn, when will I learn to check the OP before reading these rediculously posts.
Well played, Larry.
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05-31-22, 10:40 PM
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It isn’t necessarily just small frames, although it is very common with smaller sizes, my 56cm criterium has toe overlap.
It isn’t critical if you know it is going to happen and setup your tight turns so you don’t have to peddle in the middle of it. Worst case, you just back peddle half a turn and use your opposite foot to keep momentum going.
John
It isn’t critical if you know it is going to happen and setup your tight turns so you don’t have to peddle in the middle of it. Worst case, you just back peddle half a turn and use your opposite foot to keep momentum going.
John
05-31-22, 10:52 PM
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It isn’t necessarily just small frames, although it is very common with smaller sizes, my 56cm criterium has toe overlap.
It isn’t critical if you know it is going to happen and setup your tight turns so you don’t have to peddle in the middle of it. Worst case, you just back peddle half a turn and use your opposite foot to keep momentum going.
John
It isn’t critical if you know it is going to happen and setup your tight turns so you don’t have to peddle in the middle of it. Worst case, you just back peddle half a turn and use your opposite foot to keep momentum going.
John
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On really tight and slow turns (because you can't go fast on a very tight turn anyway), you can also scoot the bike around with one foot on the ground and another foot on the pedals. Otherwise, on flat pedals, you simply move your feet all the way back so the toes are on the pedals. No need to half pedal. Half pedaling looks dumb and if the light turns green and you're in the middle, of the road, in the middle of the tight turn, you'll be graced with horns from impatient drivers. If riding around in the city where tight turns are common, it's best to use flat pedals and for many other reasons when riding in crowded places.
But maybe in your world.
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06-01-22, 12:53 AM
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Honestly I didn't even know that this topic was a horse beaten to death, calling it a "failure mode" wasn't even meant to be trolling. Im just a natural troll I guess. It did feel really dangerous, but I guess thats because I was deliberately testing how bad it could be by making weird turns. Legit almost crashed. size 13 ft on a 47 frame don't mix
06-01-22, 02:42 AM
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Tell us all the exact make, model and year of your deep storage triple chainring road machine and post a few pictures.
06-01-22, 04:10 AM
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To wit: The guy claims to be a bike hoarder who rides a ton but doesn’t know what toe overlap is? Can I interest you in a slightly used bridge in Brooklyn?
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Every bike I have ever owned has had toe clip overlap, even the ones I did not steal.....err.....commandeer.
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Have you considered shortening your feet? Real cyclists don't have toes.
06-01-22, 05:38 AM
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If you haven't fallen yet from toe overlap you obviously aren't trying hard enough...keep trying and you'll succeed