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Cyclocross Toe Overlap - 26 inch front wheel solution?
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? James |
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Cyclocross Toe Overlap - 26 inch front wheel solution?
James wrote:
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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Cyclocross Toe Overlap - 26 inch front wheel solution?
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In article , James wrote: 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBQRu9W2TWTAjn5N/lAQHmdQQAkUCbJ8lGTmB2gVYEx+9KcxCxOmcnhddP Ys8KFe1MFZbkmOQxojaBM9tPo2OH7e73OWI96cCrPTCqKC/6aG9NS5bbjZHNX07B u/SJP5mCA7+FBuj/w3M+rf0HRBjX4V8bCBh2EEflRkZY8MblBNs1fYhb/ZUmBK63 y94znhXp9eo= =ti1N -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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Cyclocross Toe Overlap - 26 inch front wheel solution?
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:23:27 -0700, James wrote:
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. -- To reply by e-mail, change the ' + ' to 'plus'. http://www.dvatc.co.uk - Off-road cycling in the North Midlands. |
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Cyclocross Toe Overlap - 26 inch front wheel solution?
"S o r n i" wrote in message ...
James wrote: 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. |
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