Lets see your modern bikes with long reach sidepulls.

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by Ed-B

These terms apply to side-pull caliper brakes and describe the distance from the center of the mounting hole to the center of the braking surface of the rim.

Short reach brakes are what you normally find on road racing bikes. The mid and longer reach brakes are usually specified when the bike is going to be fitted with larger tires and/or fenders. Also, as mentioned before, long reach brakes are frequently used when converting 700C bikes to 650B wheels, which have a 19mm smaller radius. You swap from short to long reach brakes and change the wheels from 700C to 650B so you can fit bigger tires.

In general they have the following dimensions:

A short reach brake typically will adjust between 39-49mm.

A mid reach brake (aka normal reach) is typically 47-57mm.

A long reach brake is typically from 57-73mm.

Also, as the brakes get longer, the arms are usually wider, and may employ quick release mechanism that allow the caliper to open further to clear a larger, inflated tire.

Ed.

Thanks, I had no idea. I've purchased brakes a few times online and never saw any of these options, so I didn't know about them. Perhaps they're a bit specialist? Or not common on road bikes?

[hampco]

Still a favorite:

[mhespenheide]

Originally Posted by hampco

Still a favorite:

Well, that's just gorgeous. The seatpost, stem, cages, and tanwalls put it over the top.

[Luwabra]

BUMP bc its my jam and these bikes are BA

[Big Dan]

R600 brakes

[R3awak3n]

Originally Posted by Big Dan

R600 brakes

lovely

[happycampyer]

Originally Posted by sparky33

...because then you get to have more lugs.

And lugs are the cycling equivalent of cowbell.

[Peter B]

Randorex--don't overlook fillet-brazed.

[Lyle_Savant]

KHS Flite 320

[Mzilliox]

Originally Posted by Peter B

Randorex--don't overlook fillet-brazed.

whoa, want!

[bobswire]

Soma Stanyan '18 Last year Soma bought back the Stanyan but this time for quill stems. I had the original Stanyan with polished lugs and love how it rode and handled but sold it in order to purchase a Black Mountain Monster Cross. 3 weeks ago American Cyclery had a great sale on this newest Stanyan '18 so I jumped at it.
Just finished building it up this week. These photos don't do the pearl white justice. I have a set of Soma SL Supple Vitesse 700x33 tires coming in today that will be put on this bike.

[mhespenheide]

Originally Posted by Lyle_Savant

KHS Flite 320

Lyle, you've posted this twice and I'm really curious about it -- can you clarify that it is indeed running mid-reach brakes? KHS's website only says "Tektro brake calipers" without mentioning that they're mid-reach, and specs 700x23 tires. I'm wondering if it's short-reach (standard) brakes.

[zetroc]

2017-08-10_10-32-15 by steve cortez, on Flickr

[AngryScientist]

depends on the definition of "modern"?

[AngryScientist]

and then there is this one. definitely modern.