Toe Overlap

Actually. As someone who has owned and ridden a KHS Flite 100 - yes. There is some toe overlap.

Fatal amounts of toe overlap? No. Good frames BTW.

As you were with your bitching...

if only someone who had ridden a khs flite could offer an opinion.

Still own the thing - and at 58cm-ish it's too big for you though and just a hair too small for me.

Gonna put it up for sale at some point too. Once I am done being lazy.

Toe overlap is common.
It can often be corrected by a splint.
This condition is not aggravated by riding a specific bike frame.
I hope i helped.

exits

wear shoes two sizes smaller

Being tall and riding a huge bike FTW.

I have a 75° head tube, a tight track fork, 175mm cranks and am still so far away from getting toe overlap.

Being tall and riding a huge bike FTW.

I have a 75° head tube, a tight track fork, 175mm cranks and am still so far away from getting toe overlap.

yes. but what colour pants are you wearing?

Thank you for all the replies.
So, what you're saying is... When I'm moving along at reasonable speed I will not able to make as sharp movements (without falling) with my bar so that I'll be able to touch the front wheel with my toes?

No, they're not. They are saying that you learn to ride with toe overlap and adjust your pedal strokes accordingly.

yes. but what colour pants are you wearing?

Grey.

What an anti-climax.

So, what you're saying is... When I'm moving along at reasonable speed I will not able to make as sharp movements (without falling) with my bar so that I'll be able to touch the front wheel with my toes?

When moving at a reasonable speed the bars will not be turned enough to cause overlap. It is only at slow speeds where the bars are turned enough to cause the wheel to overlap.

This is not specific to the KHS as pretty much every track/tight road frame has overlap so it should not factor in your choice of KHS but rather whether you want a fixed bike.

Grey.

What an anti-climax.

were they originally grey? or have they just gone grey because you wash everything together in one load?

No comment.

commando hey max ?

fixed wwith toeverlap must be a real pain
have it on a geared bike and it's avoidable with pedalbackwardsability and stoppeddallingability

Are these bike avaiable in a shop?... the sort of ones with bikes in that you can then go and test ride?

Thank you for all the replies.
So, what you're saying is... When I'm moving along at reasonable speed I will not able to make as sharp movements (without falling) with my bar so that I'll be able to touch the front wheel with my toes?

If you turned your front wheel to the extent that it would cause toe overlap when travelling at speed, you would go straight over the bars.

If you turned your front wheel to the extent that it would cause toe overlap when travelling at speed, you would go straight over the bars.
OK, that's what I wanted to hear. Not much of a problem then.
Thank you all.

How sharply are people turning? If you're making 90 degree turns in traffic, you've picked the wrong line. Nothing worse than someone crossing traffic laterally between cars into your line. Except maybe famine.

Just got back on the road after having to sort out a new track bike and almost came a cropper turning sharply to miss someones door. My toes when in the cages overlap the front wheel by an inch, making any kind of sharp manouvre a bit of a pain in the arse (not too mention potentialy very dangerous) can any one recommend what I can do about this. I have thought about straps instead of old school clips but not sure just how much that would help as my foot is in the most effective position when fully in the clips. Or A 650c front to eliminate this but then worried how much this would mess with the geometry and or pedal strike would then be a problem due to the lowering of the bottom bracket. The frame is an 80s peugot track.
Hope someone can suggest something better than chopping of my toes!
Cheers

Cut little chunks out of your front wheel like this

Toeverlap solved.

HA.............something constructive?

toe-verlap

Straps would make it worse, your foot would extend further than in clips. Getting a road fork would help I think?

What crank length are you using?

Toe Clash?

Toe strummer

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