Originally Posted by
gyozadude
It's fairly common for there to be some small discrepancy in brake reach for front and rear. But it should not be such that it forces you to get a mid-reach front caliper and a short reach rear. That much difference usually sounds like you have a 27 inch fork mated to a 700c frame or something like that.
That's what I suspected so I bought a fork from ebay. The seller says he thinks it's made for short reach brakes which is what I have. I hope he's right.