"Sporty" rim brake frames with decent clearance

Haven't taken the mudguards off for a solid 4 years, but I poked around at my B'twin Triban 540 with a tape measure a while ago and reckon it could take 32mm on the rear and 35 (easily) front. I feel like there's a lot of this genre of random alloy stock frames that use long reach calipers. Handling is mid IMO, but solid bike. Tempted to take off the guards and run it with bigger tyres, will report back on clearance if I do..

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Which model is this?

Or something older/ I have two Bob Jacksons. One Olyimpus 2012 and one Vulcan 2019. The Olyimpus has Columbus Minimal forks. Both take 30mm GP5000 on 17mm Cero wheels with Potenza Brakes. Not all old stuff is tight.

The fork? It's this one from Ritchey.

Lol that much for a frame with different brakes front and rear

Apparently that was done by mistake😯

GOAT lol,

Not keen on the colour but this is pretty much what i'm after. Interchangeable rear drop outs to 120mm is a nice touch!

https://velo-orange.com/collections/frames-1/products/rando-frameset?mc_cid=8e5f867117&mc_eid=5138833151

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Forks don't look very "sporty" imo

^ Fork doesn’t match the rest of the design language which is a shame as it looks great. Bike is rather long and low for what is supposed to be a longer distance rando bike. I guess they are doing that so you have to use their VO tall stack stem to make it work?

I think the paint is actually really nice, enough brown/earthy to not look gaudy gold. Looks like brook trout!

Yeah true, Whisky road+ would fix that but then why would anyone bother.

Did you ever find any other wide carbon forks? As mentioned here and there, quite a few bikes came with forks that have 32+ clearance, but I don't think they were ever sold separately. The Btwin Triban 520 for instance - don't think Decathlon sells those forks.

The CAAD12 fork that was mentioned, would it work with a long reach caliper like the Shimano R451?

Condor? Spa, thorn?

I'm not seeing any wide clearance, rim brake, carbon options from them, sorry. Can you be more specific please?

The CAAD12 fork that was mentioned, would it work with a long reach caliper like the Shimano R451?

No, it works with normal reach calipers...

Are there normal reach calipers that have that much clearance, though?

Long reach calipers don't have any extra clearance, they just have lower brake pads. The extra clearance comes from a longer fork and therefore the whole brake being higher. Hence the lower brake pads.

Some makes definitely do. Tektro R369 has more clearance than R359 on the same bike for example.

Sure but that's a product of their design, not by the extra reach.

In any case, long reach calipers are unlikely to fit at all on a caad12

Sorry I’m sure condor used to sell their fratello fork separately which is prob just what you’re after?

Ah, I'm sure you're right. Possibly an old rim brake version of their Pioggia fork. Quick look around suggests it maxed out at 28 mm.

Had never seen this before. Omgz

Folks looking for a plusher ride should consider the following:

I had a 56cm Specialised Tarmac from the mid noughties, beefy compact frame weighed 1.2kg. The frameset was given to me, and it took a while to get some nice gear for it but I built it up with whatever I could lay my hands on first.

Had a cheap ally seatpost at first, and the bike was pretty stiff. But once I got a nice light carbon post for it (27.2), I was blown away by the difference that made. At first I kept stopping to see if I'd got a flat, because the seatpost made my 23 feel like a 28. Something like 8" of seatpost exposed.