Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
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checked my daughters , no problems at all , nor do i have the problem on the older bike , pretty much , what it amounts to is you dont need to ride a bike with this problem , its a design that the makers of bikes have convinced every one is faster , turns better , is lighter and we should buy ,
its none of these , what it is for an average cyclist is a dangerous bike if your not aware of it and the only way you are aware of it is if you fall off , no way around that ,
i took out a 1980s bike tonight that cost a quarter of this circus bike , its faster , more comfortoble , turns exactly the same , so scratch the word light and responsive when you look at these compact frames , unless of course you wish to enter ride through the cone competitions , its none of these ,
of course you dont see all this because you get comments like if you cant ride with toe over lap you should not be on a bike from executive members on here , which means that the problem is nicely buried away and they can sell compact frames with out any one knowing that they are buying a potential death trap ,
reacher, it seems you've had a bad experience, but point of order here, it's nothing to do with whether the frame is compact or not, my 1950s diamond framed clubman bike has worst toe-overlap than my 2004 COMPACT Giant which almost has zero. Others here have made the same point and there are plenty of compact frames with no overlap. So toe-overlap is nothing new and characterises many different types of road-bikes. Furthermore thousands of average cyclist ride bkes with toe-overlap every day without great incident, even fixed wheelers. However if you have such strong feelings about it then sell the Compact and only buy bikes with sufficient clearance. But tirades against 'Compact' designs are simply misinformed.