Having to mess with brake pads is not acceptable -- too painful, too futzy, and could become dangerous if you mess up. Deflating tires is bad enough. At least when you add air you won't have too much trouble with alignment ;)
On Monday, June 16, 2025 at 1:30:21 AM UTC-4 Joe Bernard wrote: > The distance between fork blades is road bike-ish on that frame that used > to use road caliper brakes. It's narrower than the spacing at the rear and > you're kinda stuck with the issue you have. As Patrick says releasing some > air will get that tire through. > > Joe Bernard > Clearlake CA > > On Sunday, June 15, 2025 at 8:46:45 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm having trouble removing the front wheel on my Sam because it won't >> fit past the v-brakes even after opening the quick release. I have to >> actually loosen a brake pad and move it out of the way to squeeze the wheel >> through. Strangely, I don't have this issue with the rear wheel it comes >> off easily once the noodle is disengaged. >> >> I'm running fairly wide tires (700c x 45), which might be part of the >> problem. Has anyone else run into this? Is there a way to adjust the >> v-brakes so I don't have to go through this every time I remove the front >> wheel? >> >> >> Thanks! >> Masood >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/244c9b64-2a1e-46a1-8c2c-0b386829e370n%40googlegroups.com.
