Originally Posted by
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Long-reach brakes may offer no improvement in terms of tire clearance unless some lengthening of the fork leg length exploits their added reach! I would not count on any newer caliper to improve tire clearance at all, though certain ones very well might (a little research is warranted imo).
This is something I wonder about as well. My fork has a ton of room for taller tires, but the calipers I use brushed the little flashing of extra rubber at the middle of my 23mm tires when they were new (and when I take them down a dirt road that's at all wet). Is there a listing somewhere of calipers that "sit up higher on the bolt" than others?
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Bikes: 1996 Eddy Merckx Titanium EX, 1989/90 Colnago Super(issimo?) Piu(?), 1990 Concorde Aquila(hit by car while riding), others in build queue "when I get the time"