The front brakes on a Nihola are well suited to Copenhagen. Here in Oslo unfortunately mine wear pretty quickly, and they're a bit more of a challenge to fix than say a v-brake. On one Nihola, they wore enough to stop being of any use at all. I delayed fixing it for a long time because I didn't want to deal with it, but eventually I determined that the brake shoes had life left in them, I just needed to address a clearance problem involving the arm, shown below.
So then after delaying some more, I got my hands on an angle-grinder and fixed the problem. Thats that, now the brakes work again.
I needed to unbolt the wheels, but thats pretty entry-level stuff. There was just enough clearance to get the cutting disc into contact with the front corner of the vertical piece that holds on the fender, only a little metal needed to go.
