Originally Posted by
Simonius
Originally Posted by
DannoXYZ
Reach of caliper is actually irrelevant. It's the distance between the brake-pivots to the pads that matter.
Indeed.
That suggests to me that a dropper bolt would be ideal, if it does not get in the way of a mudguard.
Are dropper bolts still available? Dia-Compe 1986 catalog lists them in 5, 8 and 10 mm drop.
I suspect old BMX guys may have some in their junk box, gaily coloured.
I've seen Dia-compe style drop-bolts somewhere, but they were insanely expensive, U$D 150 or some such!
I've actually used
Sheldon Brown's homemade drop-bolt technique on a few bikes and they do work well. The shorter ones can be very discreet, unlike this:
http://sheldonbrown.com/images/dropbolt-r20.jpg