Originally Posted by thesuper
First of all, you guys need to get the terminoligy straight. 47-57 is NOT called long reach.
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Check the link to Shimano's site.........."long," "standard," "short," whatever; these are subjective terms. But these days, when it comes to road brakes, 47-57mm reach is indeed usually referred to as "long reach." Twenty-odd years ago, this would have been a standard reach road brake. Nowadays, it's not. There's no need to get hung up on terminology, the brakes are what they are and can be measured. But if you're looking at
new brakes with this amount of reach, the products will generally be referred to as "long reach." There are other new caliper brakes available with even more reach; maybe call them "extra long reach." Doesn't matter, again they are what they are, and can be measured-