The old-fashioned way to get plump tires from between constrictive brake pads was to deflate the tire; sometimes losing just a bit of pressure lets you squeeze them through the blocks.
There may be other ways of maximizing V-brake clearance for plump tires, and I am sure others will speak up, but this was the official method back in the day (he said, snuffling sadly into his yellowed beard). Patrick “28s clear Superbe Pro single pivots with QR open, 42s clear Paul Touring and Neo-Retro cantis with straddle released, and 50s and 60s clear disc brakes with no fiddling at all” in ABQ, NM. On Sun, Jun 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM Masood Habib <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm having trouble removing the front wheel on my Sam because it won't fit > past the v-brakes even after opening the quick release. I have to actually > loosen a brake pad and move it out of the way to squeeze the wheel through. > Strangely, I don't have this issue with the rear wheel it comes off easily > once the noodle is disengaged. > > I'm running fairly wide tires (700c x 45), which might be part of the > problem. Has anyone else run into this? Is there a way to adjust the > v-brakes so I don't have to go through this every time I remove the front > wheel? > > > Thanks! > Masood > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c7e87e54-0e6e-44fe-9f4e-9329ce0715d1n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c7e87e54-0e6e-44fe-9f4e-9329ce0715d1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgteGfY9-vgDbSUCT5tkXuB2-N7Si9h6GQUvwXXoMqgpbg%40mail.gmail.com.
