Biking Euphemisms for $500.00

[Adventure Girl]

I have heard the term, "toe clipping" on several occasions, and it appears to me to mean that the tip of the toe is getting obstructed by means of the front wheel being too close. Am I at least close in this assessment?

Could that be "toe lap" that you're talking about? It generally happens with people with small bike frames, large wheels and big feet!

On a small framed bike, the wheel is closer to the pedal than on a comparable large framed bike. So when the rider's foot is on the pedal in the forward position, when the wheel is turned, sometimes the wheel will hit the rider's toe.

Some manufactures address this situation by putting smaller diameter wheels on the smaller framed bike. My Trek road bike is 47cm (pretty small) and it has 650cm wheels. The larger versions of my bike use 700cm wheels.

It might be more info than you want, but it was discussed here http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=2049