Re: 1989 Swallow Griffon - MBUK Test Bike... Update P9
Adrian, instead of the way the problem was solved for the bikes maiden voyage on mag test day, which I'm sure was nothing more than an oversight given the testing of both brake sets on one frame.
The short term solution wasn't ideal at best, and couldn't have been permanent, hence perhaps the bike turning up with the cantis decades later.
Would it not be safer and simpler to have a alloy piece fabricated that attaches/removes to the existing cable hanger on frame, increasing the height required. Cable angle taken into consideration of course, thus resolving the problem permanently and safely...?.
If the frames rear cable hanger slot is threaded for an adjuster, this would help if a alloy/steel piece was fabricated. Failing that, an additional colour matched removable brace tucked in above the cable hanger that's there with a cable stop brazed/welded onto it, Cable angle/clearance allowing of course.(attaching in a similar method to the way a Ringle anti chainsuck device fits-see Roberts WS ultra light in thread....Obviously designed for the job in hand and much smaller with an attached cable stop)