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I've had many a frame with a low drop at the front on the original fork and then a seemingly daft amount on the back.
When did wheels change size?
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Old Ned
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legrandefromage":3j5cgu5z said:
If you look at photos of continental race frames of the 50's and 60's (eg Coppi, Bartali, even Rik van Looy in the 60's) you will often see a very short reach sidepull front brake (often Universal) and a long drop rear. If the frame was for centre-pull Mafacs then clearance was longer as Mafac didn't seem to make a short reach version (apart from TOP 63 which I can't remember seeing any pro team using) whereas Universal did make short and long reach CP's. Weinmann, which a few pros used, had both 500 and 730 reach side pulls.
