Toe Overlap on a Venge

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by Valbrona on Mon Jan 14, 2013 4:04 pm

This is what you get when you ask car designers to design a bike frame: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/photos/ ... e-1/248859

Are we talking a massive amount of toe overlap on this particular frame in smaller sizes?
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by Imaking20 on Mon Jan 14, 2013 4:25 pm

Wait, why is McLaren to blame for Cav's choice of fit and kit?
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by Weenie on Mon Jan 14, 2013 4:25 pm

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by nathanong87 on Mon Jan 14, 2013 4:45 pm

Valbrona wrote:Are we talking a massive amount of toe overlap on this particular frame in smaller sizes?


so we are not talking.
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by HillRPete on Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:02 pm

Valbrona wrote:This is what you get when you ask car designers to design a bike frame

Think they had more to do with the carbon layup than the frame geometry.
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by hornedfrog on Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:28 pm

wassertreter, that is absolutely correct.
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by Gazelleer on Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:25 pm

Toe overlap is irrelevant
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by ultimobici on Mon Jan 14, 2013 9:03 pm

No different to the Venge he was riding in 2011

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by wingguy on Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:10 pm

Gazelleer wrote:Toe overlap is irrelevant


That's what I tend to think. Unless you're regularly doing U-turns on narrow roads I can't see how it'd ever be a problem?
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by bricky21 on Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:23 pm

Just don't pedal thru the U turn and you'll be fine.
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by stella-azzurra on Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:02 am

Unfortunately, not all the time.
Pedal through the turn with the toe pointing up and you'll be fine.
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by thisisatest on Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:30 am

I dont see it. What exactly is being critiqued here?
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by CBJ on Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:48 am

And somehow the little fella has been able to ride and even win a couple of races.

Haters gonna hate :D

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by jsinclair on Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:37 am

worst.thread.ever.
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by stella-azzurra on Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:14 pm

This thread is about short people and their small frames :lol: :lol:
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by Weenie on Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:14 pm

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by Valbrona on Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:47 pm

I wonder how many times Cav will topple off in between the team bus, signing on and the start line? Or how many places he will lose on the last bend concentrating on the alignment of his cranks instead of the race?
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