Quote Originally Posted by JoHunter
Hi everyone thanks for the replies. I was unable to judge the toe overlap on this bike prior because it is a custom made frame (not for me, a second hand one I found in my size). My LBS was willing to fit it with standard parts. I wasn't sure if the fork of the bike was to accomodate 700c or 650c wheels. Now that I actually have it with the 700cs there is a bit of overlap. Depending how I turn it my toes clip the front wheel, so I have to be a bit careful with it. I may end up getting shorter cranks that might help. From various different sources I found that a lot of people recommended the 650c wheels for shorter people to help with acceleration and climbing hills. I have heard of people turning their road bikes into tri-bikes and wondered if they bought new forks or found long-reach brakes.

Actually thinking it about it now, it is very odd that a custom built frame would have the toe overlap problem. I would think most small frames that were made to accomodate larger wheels would make the effort to avoid it.

It's not so odd having toe overlap on a small frame with 700c wheels. It depends on who made the frame and what material it is. I'm planning on building a custom frame and I was working with a well known company that does custom build. I'm looking at a ti or ti/carbon combination. The frame I wanted is only available with 700c wheels because the company doesn't make a carbon or ti rear triangle small enough for 650c wheels. So I would have a 44cm frame on 700c wheels plus the spot where the tt and rear triangle meet wouldn't match up. Also, I would have 1cm of toe overlap.

Since there are other companies that can do small frames with 650's I nixed this design.