A braking solution.
I'm using the BMX LX to illustrate a little trick I invented for getting a few mm more reach on caliper brakes.
As you can see above, I have added the spherical washer set from an old set of V-brakes to this ordinary road pad. Note the washer that touches the slot in the brake arm: it is the spherical one, and you can see the considerable angle the other washers are making to it.
So take the old set of brakes and remove the hardware:
This little guy posed for several photos at a range of about a foot. I don't think he was quite up to flying yet, and while I'm not sure, I think this was an immature, only-sorta-flying robin, of the type common around here (except they always have a solid red breast without the black marks on this one). Warning: bigger version is much bigger.
