shoes rubbing on chainstays?

[oldgreyandslow]

I have a bianchi verone and I think I have always had a problem with the inside heel area of my cycling shoes rubbing on the chainstays, I'm prety sure everything is set up right and it feels comfortable when pedalling, it doesn't rub all the time and I can see some wear on the shoes in that area. I felt I'd just live with it, however today after 12 miles riding with some neoprene overshoes I think I'll have to do something about it as there is now a huge amount of wear at this point on the overshoes, so much wear that I think if I'd done another few miles in them it would have worn right through.

Does anyone esle have this issue?

I wonder if fitting a couple of washers to the pedal spindle so moving it out a bit would at least help slightly.

Any other ideas welcome?

 

[YahudaMoon]

Can you not just adjust the cleats ?

 

[numbnuts]

here
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/sunlite-pedal-extensions-9-16-195mm-prod24832/

 

[oldgreyandslow]

Can you not just adjust the cleats ?

Not in the direction needed to clear the chainstays

here
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/sunlite-pedal-extensions-9-16-195mm-prod24832/

Out of stock but that could do it

Thanks

 

[YahudaMoon]

You must have flawed shoes then ?.

 

[oldgreyandslow]

You must have flawed shoes then ?.

Dont think so. Mavic avenir shoes with mavic sprint pedals, grey cleats with 7 degress float. They just occasionally rub the rear chainstays but add the thickness of the overshoe and they're clashing much more

 

[numbnuts]

Out of stock but that could do it

http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/specialized-bg-pedal-item156427.html

 

[oldgreyandslow]

http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/specialized-bg-pedal-item156427.html

Thanks! That'll do the job I'm sure

 

[YahudaMoon]

I cant see a company like Mavic designing shoes and pedals that don't fit a bicycle ?

 

[HLaB]

I don't have a problem with seatstay rub but when everything is set up comfortably I do get a problem with ankle/crank rub :-( I've gradually adjusted the cleat angle/ position so its less of a problem but I think I need a BB thats two bananas wide (plagiarised from the Flying Scotsman).

 

[YahudaMoon]

So it's a part bad geometry on the bike and 'I have big feet' problem then ?

Can't say Ive ever experienced the problem. Im in UK 7 1/2 for shoes though.

 

[amaferanga]

So it's a part bad geometry on the bike and 'I have big feet' problem then ?

Can't say Ive ever experienced the problem. Im in UK 7 1/2 for shoes though.

No. It depends on the natural angle of your feet. I have below average sized feet, but get some crank and chainstay rub if I wear thick overshoes and most of my bikes. Even without overshoes my heels are very, very close to the chainstay on a couple of them.

 

[YahudaMoon]

The OP is talking about a 5-10 mm calibration on a set of cleats.

This aint about the natural angle of someones foot.

Its about someone who don't know how to ride / set up a bike properly

 

[amaferanga]

The OP is talking about a 5-10 mm calibration on a set of cleats.

This aint about the natural angle of someones foot.

Its about someone who don't know how to ride / set up a bike properly

So you're saying that both myself and the OP don't know how to set up our bikes because we have an issue that you don't have? Funny that whenever I start off with new shoes/cleats I always end up with the same cleat positioning and my heals very close to the chainstays. If I set them up with my heel further out all that happens is that I get knee discomfort and find myself trying to twist my heel inwards to alleviate the discomfort.

 

[oldgreyandslow]

So you're saying that both myself and the OP don't know how to set up our bikes because we have an issue that you don't have? Funny that whenever I start off with new shoes/cleats I always end up with the same cleat positioning and my heals very close to the chainstays. If I set them up with my heel further out all that happens is that I get knee discomfort and find myself trying to twist my heel inwards to alleviate the discomfort.

Agreed, unfortunately my "natural gait" is with my feet pointing at about 5 to 1, therefore I set my cleats so that I pedal with my feet in that position, which as far as I am aware is the correct thing to do. If, like you, I try to set my cleats up in the straight ahead position I get knee discomfort.

Incidentally my shoe cleat position is well within the adjustment envelope of the shoes, and having ridden for more years than I care to remember and about 4500 miles this year, I'm fairly sure I know how to ride a bike, and as up till now I've had no real issues I'm fairly sure I've set it up OK for me too. The difference is the thickness of the overshoes and the fact that my set up leaves very little clearance between shoe and chainstay at the rear of the pedal stroke, having size 10's doesn't help either