long reach brakes

Posted on Thu 15th, September 2011

• #1

belgiangoth

Looking for sidepull/dual pivot brakes for the bike - tried alhongas, but not long enough! Looking at 80+ reach. Does such a beast exist?
• #2

roadwarrior

Probably not - why is there such a mismatch?
• #3

belgiangoth

The bike had 26*1&1/4 wheels, which don't really exist any more. So I replaced with 650b, thinking that if the bike started with smaller than 700C the alhongas should work ...
• #4

roadwarrior

Home made drop bolt?

http://sheldonbrown.com/home-drop.html
• #5

Stu_F

EMM had a mahoosive caliper on his polo bike when I last saw it. Running a 700c front wheel in a fork designed for 27"
• #6

johnQdarwin

had a similair problem myself recently. sjs cycles do some good gear at good prices.they have 79mm long though. so maybe just not long enough.

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