[CR] Short Reach Front, Long Reach Rear?

(Example: Framebuilding:Restoration)

From: "Matthew Bowne" <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>
To: CR List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 08:05:42 -0500
Subject: [CR] Short Reach Front, Long Reach Rear?


Do my eyes deceive? Or is it really possible that this early 70's Colnago Super is built to accept a short reach front brake caliper...and a standard reach in the rear? Am I missin' something here? Or was this a common practice for builders of the era? If so, why?

Matthew Bowne
scratchin' my head in
Breukelen, New Amsterdam
(BKNYC)