Cyclocross Toe Overlap - 26 inch front wheel solution?

James said:

I have a 54 cm frame (Jamis Nova). I have toe overlap. I thought one
way I could fix it would be to put a 26 inch mnt bike tire on front.
What are the advantages or disadvantages of this?

Advantage: less drastic than chopping off toes.

Disadvantage: much more endo-prone?

Bill "not to mention looking silly" S.

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James said:

I have a 54 cm frame (Jamis Nova). I have toe overlap. I thought one
way I could fix it would be to put a 26 inch mnt bike tire on front.
What are the advantages or disadvantages of this?

_ Well, it may not fix the problem, really depends on how big a
tire you put on as well. A 26" wheel with a big tire is nearly
the same diameter as a 700c wheel with a small tire.

Other solutions are

1. Shorter cranks

2. A fork with more rake.

3. Smaller front tire.

_ Unless you have disk brakes, you'll need to get a new fork with
the new wheel, which might cause a whole new set of problems. If
the wheel really is small enough to resolve the problem, you'll
change the effective angles of the rest of the bike. This can
affect the handling and might require you to get new seatpost and
stem.

_ From what I can see on the web this bike might have
come with 175mm cranks. If so I'd start there first.
I would not recommend trying to fix this by moving your
cleats back, you can tweak your knees that way.

_ If you've got a lot of seatpost showing, you might
want to just cut your losses, sell the bike and get
one that fits. You could easily spend the difference
between a used Nova and a new one on messing around
with this problem.

_ Booker C. Bense

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James said:

I have a 54 cm frame (Jamis Nova). I have toe overlap. I thought one
way I could fix it would be to put a 26 inch mnt bike tire on front.
What are the advantages or disadvantages of this?

Mine does exactly the same, and I was well put out by it at first, but you
soon get the hang of it, and I cant reacll my foot hitting the wheel in
over a year now.
Alan.

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James said:

I have a 54 cm frame (Jamis Nova). I have toe overlap. I thought one
way I could fix it would be to put a 26 inch mnt bike tire on front.
What are the advantages or disadvantages of this?

Advantage: less drastic than chopping off toes.

Disadvantage: much more endo-prone?

Another advantage is you'll always be going downhill.