Hi there

I got a Jake the Snake and I love it but recently I've notice that when I turn my leading foot hits the front wheel!! This is freaking me out and I starting to wonder whether the Head Angle is not large enough or that I have a dodgy fork. I got SPD pedals and they've been sut up as adviced(clits on ball of the foot, etc, etc).

Does anybody out there has the same problem or is it just me??

Cheers

You got enormous feet then? :)

WTF?

You've never ridden a roadie then guy? That's what happens, it's not like an MTB so you need to learn where to put your leading foot.

Only need to ask in one forum too, no need to cross post

No Kato, I havn't properly! That sounds well scary tbh...

Kato, for your info Jake the Snake is a cyclo cross bike... just picture being off road and suddenly your leading foot touching the front wheel.
Anyhow, I've never ridden a roadie that does that!!

Any Jake the Snake owner out there??

On my road bikes and my cross bikes my lead foot overlaps the front wheel and I've never ever had an issue actually riding any of them. I know people with track bikes where the crank overlaps the front wheel.

Just ride it, it'll be fine.

Mordredd where do you think cyclocross bikes originated :-/

.......and every roadie i've ridden has done that

Mine doesn't - but then, it is a Thorn rather than an Orbit...

Kato, fair enough if I was riding long straight roads but I'm not.
Im off roading!!
And anyhow, I know cross bikes originate from road bikes but they're well different now; shorter frame, higher crank set, etc, etc.

I give up....I'm just gonna flog the thing

Thanks for the info

I give up....I'm just gonna flog the thing

Yeah best do and get yourself a d/h bike,you won't have to worry about overlap then!

Have you actually ridden it? Friend of mine rides some mental stuff on his Specialized Tricross, and his foot overlaps, it's not the end of the world! Anyway, when do you corner with your pedals level!?

Isn't it part of the skill to be able to corner and not knock yourself off by hitting the front wheel with your foot?

My old cross bike had overlap and I never noticed it off road. The only time when it was a problem was when track standing at traffic lights.