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If you have a bike with either track or horizontal dropouts, then where on the dropouts you fixed the wheel will make a difference to how much clearance you have.
In that picture there maybe a problem with using a rear brake.
Look at the rear wheels on these in relation to the seat tube.
http://davidavery.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/ussr-olympic-track-bike.jpg
http://www.islabikes.co.uk/images/products-2010/reis/enlarge/reis700-enlarge.jpg