thanks spin b

Well, we are setting out for a 44 miler tomorrow am so I just gooped the grease stains off my hands after wrestling with her bike for an hour.....

I cannot find a damn thing wrong with this thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


What I wound up doing was just moving the brake shoes out a bit. Basically EVERYTHING seemed to be operating perfectly, brakes, gears, wheels spinning, etc etc etc.

It is simply as though some gremiln went in and 'shortened' her brake cable......BIZARRE!!!

I measured the distance bertween the brake shoes - about 18mm. Her rim width is about 20mm.......

the fix/adjustment was no biggie....what I can't understand is HOW THE HECK DID IT GET SO OUT OF ADJUSTMENT???? The bike worked fine the last time she used it......

I think the brake arm must have gotten knocked askew in the trunk, by a package or possibly while shifting around when the car was in motion....only....the arm didn't look askew at all....it looked 'normal' angle, just too close together/narrow.......anyhoo, its working now......really weird. Rod Serling should be narrating over this thread.

Thanks to all for replying with advice! My advice is - don't leave bike in trunk!