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Old 01-15-23, 01:53 PM
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Easy fix.

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That looks . . . suboptimal. That applies to both of the previous two posts.
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Originally Posted by horatio
If that's your bike and you haven't already adjusted the brake pad(s) downward so that it clears the tire, do so. Otherwise, you can expect it to wear through the replacement tire as well.
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If that's your bike and you haven't already adjusted the brake pad(s) downward so that it clears the tire, do so. Otherwise, you can expect it to wear through the replacement tire as well.
It is my bike, but the pad is not contacting the tire. It's an optical illusion from the low camera angle. This tub has had a bulge there for some time.
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Originally Posted by horatio
It is my bike, but the pad is not contacting the tire. It's an optical illusion from the low camera angle. This tub has had a bulge there for some time.
I'd still move the pad down. Or maybe the wheel (or tire) was previously on another bike with a brake pad positioned even higher.

Anyone who has worked in a bike store long enough (around 20 years, from the late '70s into the '90s, in my case) has seen a number of tires with a long concentric slice just above the rim. I've never seen such a slice caused by anything other than abrasion from a brake pad. What else could cause it?
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Originally Posted by Trakhak
I'd still move the pad down. Or maybe the wheel (or tire) was previously on another bike with a brake pad positioned even higher.

Anyone who has worked in a bike store long enough (around 20 years, from the late '70s into the '90s, in my case) has seen a number of tires with a long concentric slice just above the rim. I've never seen such a slice caused by anything other than abrasion from a brake pad. What else could cause it?
Good advice. Thanks.
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Back in the day, I knew a guy who swore the brake pads had to contact the tire. His argument was that the bike stopped better than if they only touched the rim. There was no convincing him that he was wrong.
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Originally Posted by gearbasher
Back in the day, I knew a guy who swore the brake pads had to contact the tire. His argument was that the bike stopped better than if they only touched the rim. There was no convincing him that he was wrong.
One good (meaning "bad") front tire blowout at speed may have convinced him. Maybe.
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They'll be able to buff that out, no problem.
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Originally Posted by gearbasher
Back in the day, I knew a guy who swore the brake pads had to contact the tire. His argument was that the bike stopped better than if they only touched the rim. There was no convincing him that he was wrong.
Now there's a ticket-selling opportunity, if it wasn't so darn hard to move the bleachers around with him.

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