Originally Posted by
Pops1959
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.
I looked around some, and all the V-Brakes I've found either mount the shoes on the back of the arm, or perhaps some have them in the middle. And, all hit the fork.
Your fork is pretty narrow.
My Cantilever brakes, however, mounted the pads on the front, and opened quite nicely (maybe with shorter shoes too).
So, a few options might be:
- Find out what kind of brakes your friend is using.
- Consider swapping over to Cantilever brakes, at least on the front. It may also require changing to shorter pull brake levers.
- Browsing the internet, the STX-RC (or similar vintage) V-Brakes callipers might be able to have the brake placement reversed, depending on how many washers at the stud holding the pad in place.