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Here we have a tiny benefit from the lockdown.
I had a new cable made for the Resilion front brake on this machine. It was made by Venhill Engineering of Dorking - they did a good job and I would recommend them.
However the new cable is just the tiniest bit short which made it difficult to fit . I think it's fair to say that anything to do with these brakes demands a lot of patience and determination - it may well be that an original cable would have been just as difficult.
I tried to fit it last summer, dropped a vital small part onto the workshop floor, failed to find it and gave up. Now, armed with plenty of time I cleared the floor, found the missing piece and spent about another three hours struggling with it, eventually succeeding.
These brakes were highly regarded in their day and it's undeniable that they do work well, but the amount of effort to maintain them today requires a lot of dedication.
It is possible to alter the cabling so that they work like modern brazed on cantilevers, but of course that spoils the vintage look.
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