I can usually get my 1 1/2 in tire off w/out deflating it but I do pull hard. Great idea to use the barrel adjuster too. Also I think the brake has a little thing that adjusts too. But I generally don't need to remove my wheels very often. I have Schwalbe Marathon Supremes so not many flats. Only time I need to remove my tires is to box the bike to fly or changing to a new wheel build. I ride daily so I replace rims about every 12,000 miles. I'm about 70,850 miles so far. The only issue I've had w/the brakes is the springs have a weak point at the bend and they break. The springs aren't sold separately so I've had to replace the brake caliper when it breaks. If anyone has a set of brakes they don't like, I'd take a spring so I can just fix the caliper. It's usually the rear spring.
On Friday, March 17, 2023 at 4:12:27 PM UTC-4 mhec...@gmail.com wrote: > The brakes on my wife's Betty Foy are driving me nuts. This is a stock > bike, in fact it was RBWs sales bike and it came with Bosco bars, Techtro > 559 side pull clippers and Shimano levers. There is no QR on the levers and > a minimal one on the calipers This is a very poor combination as I can only > get an inflated 38mm tire off and on, while the frame can handle a 42mm > tire. I wonder what GP was thinking when he made this choice. > > Has anyone found a work around to improve this situation? > > Michael > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1d5e2493-0735-465e-a81e-420692ad5f98n%40googlegroups.com.
