I have found that several Vintage Levers have a very long reach - When mounting it puts the lever way out there - In 1975 Giovanni Liotto Jr fixed this on my wifes Gipiemme brake levers by sliding a small gizmo spacer of aluminum into the top of the lever - It was just enough to bring in the lever a cm in without compromising its stopping power - I don't know if this was a common fix and for the life of me I cannot remember its exact build dimensions - It looked a little like those DiCompe quick release tabs but slid in the front of Campi, Gipie, and Universal type levers - Spotted more than a few of them being used as allot of the Italian riders had small hands...