Originally Posted by Pops1959

Well, it turns out that I spoke too soon when I responded to your earlier post regarding the brake shoes hitting the fork. Went out to put the bikes in the truck earlier and when I went to pop off the wheel so I could mount the fork in my carrier and sure enough, when I looked closer the break shoe was hitting the fork. I looked at the set-up on the bike of the friend I rode with today and his does not have this problem. It seems that on his the brake shoes mount on the front of the brake arm, and mine are on the rear. This requires a bit of thought. There has to be a way around this. Stopped at the shop where the bikes were bought and the mech said it shouldn't hurt the pads, and at sometime in the future I could go with a narrower tire. May have to do that. *sigh* My yen for simplicity is being thwarted here. Ah well. Such is the nature of life.