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OK so... last week I raided my savings + bought a bianchi pista, my first fixie, and then promptly fell off at high speed resulting in my first ambulance trip to A & E.
In the 20 minutes or so of tentative riding before the accident, I noticed toe - overlap problems, but only at low speed/largish turns. However this was on standard pedals without clips, and in the interest of saving my shins from too much abuse i think clips would be a sensible idea.. but the clearances just look daft when i hold the clips to the pedals!
By the way I don't think my accident was anything to do with the toe-overlap - my last memory was going down a hill at speed and I'm more or less certain i lost control because i tried to coast. This was about a week ago and my injuries have prevented me from getting on the bike since, so I can't yet judge the severity of the problem, but I'd like to hear what you guys think about it.
I'm about 6ft tall (maybe a little more) with size 10-11 feet riding a 55cm framed pista. Any advice from the other pista riders on here?