Quote Originally Posted by Seajay View Post
I send my small frame clients out to the grass park in flat pedals and regular shoes. "Go out and rub your foot on the tire doing slow U turns."
You'll soon learn what it takes to avoid it, realize that its only a problem at low speed U turns and be accustomed to the feel if it does happen later.

Have the shop trim the struts so they don't extend past the fender itself.
If you bought the stylish fenders with the loop struts....maybe time to ditch them.
Worst case, drill out the strut rivet. Cut the fender short enough to miss your foot, reattach the strut.

Seajay
So unfortunately it was caused by the tire, not a fender, but fortunately going clipless 100% fixed the problem. I even tried to manufacture toe overlap this morning with no luck. Its a bit of a pain because changing in the bathroom stall is more difficult with my bike shoes than my slip on Danskos, but that's a small price to pay for getting this bike to work for me (because except for the TO I love it SO much).

Might not be able to put fenders on it when I tour with it, but that's a problem for another day.