Got this bike through a company scheme to get to and from work, I've never had this issue in owning many bikes growing up but on my first test ride, tried to turn while peddling catching my foot and almost sending me straight into a busy road on a turn as it instantly straightened out the wheel with the sound of my shoe and wheel grinding.
Gaslighting myself to thinking clearly I just don't know how to ride a bike.
Either way would appreciate input from more experienced riders on if this is a bike too small or a me or user error. I had to princess tiptoe peddle it home as any turning would be foot grinding
Took some stationary pictures for reference
by IRequireInformation
8 Comments
Happens on some smaller size bikes, drive me crazy whenever use my wife’s.
If you can’t live with it(I wouldn’t) exchange it. Go into a local bike shop and find one that you’re happier with and has a better geometry. Order that through the scheme.
Your using the arch of your foot try using the ball, if you look at pretty much all cleated shoes or just clips your foot it too far forward.
The only other way of fixing this is different frame or smaller crank arms.
It’s you. The ball of your foot should be directly over the pedal axel. Presently your foot is too far forward.
it’s your foot position. move it back so the ball of your foot is on the pedal, not your arch.
It’s called toe overlap. As others have said changing your foot position can help, as can a change in bike geometry or fork rake. Tourers (and a lot of modern MTBs) have head tube angles less steep than current performance or endurance road bike geometry and this moves the wheel further away from the pedals. If overlap is minimal another option is shorter cranks as those will move your feet fractionally away from the tyre. Likely only sufficient if you make a big change such as 175 to 165
What bike is it? That head tube angle looks really steep
How tall are you? If the bike is one size too small for your build that could be mostly be fixed by adjusting the seat and handlebars. If it’s too small then you should probably look for a replacement.
The other thing as others suggested, position your feet on the pedals as if you were trying to jog up the stairs, pushing with the part of the foot that connects to your toes (English is my 2nd language, I don’t know the specific name).
need your ball on the pedal. i do have one bike that the frame is too small for me and i can hit the tires when turning. depends on what or how big the shoe or toe end extends also.