Brake pads shredding tires
I thought I had licked this problem by carefully aligning my brakes before each ride, but apparently not. Looking at my brake pads, they are so close to the tires there is zero margin of error in aligning them. On three occasions I've flatted or shredded my tires by having them rubbing into my tire as I brake.
The brakes are already fully extended, and obviously sometimes come into contact with the tires. My neighbor has a low end Trek(not sure which model, mine is a two month Trek 1000), and his brakes go much farther down and aren't even lowered all the way yet. I am obviously going to take it into the shop to have it looked at but I thought I'd post to get some advice first. I have no idea what the problem is, everything looks fine except for the fact the brake pads are too high with no ability to lower them more. Any ideas?