The brakes scrape!

[TarzanABike]

Dang it -

the breaks scrape against the wheels. I have to half-press the handle brakes to make it stop scraping against the wheels. The pseudo-spring, circle-mechanism brakes are crooked and unless I create a slight tension to make them tighter to close the circle a little bit as it were, they scrape and make an awful noise.

Is this normal for everyone? What can I do to make the things not scrape so much and straighten them out?

[Binch Shin]

It seems to me that the same case is here.. http://abikecentral.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=224

If you can't solve your problem with this prior case then please show us a photo of yours or more detailed condition.

[fcolaco]

Had no problems with them so far.
I just try not to violently break because it slides a bit sometimes.
I tend to use the front one more than the other, as opposed to any other bike. Does anyone do the same?

By the way I just dedicated an A-Bike category on my blog and I am going to have more videos/photos/comments there soon. Check the link on my signature.

[TarzanABike]

According to Binch's photos of what the "scratching" noise appear to be from the wheels, mine is photo #1. It's the area where that brake cable is attached to the band.

It would seem that bending it a little would solve the problem - well, I did that, but as soon as I hit the brakes it goes back to a similar position and starts scratching.
The other problem with this is that you can only bend it so much. May be there is a better way to bend it, more from the middle of that ring than the end where the brake cable is attached? I'll try it soon, but I think I have to figure out a way for the brake cable to pull up more away from the wheel so that it doesn't pull the scratching so close to it.