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Surely some of these 'quirks' are considerate with the design? The frame is advertised as "Lovely slim steel tubes, beautiful lugs, classic geometry, classic looks". It would be interesting to know if the design was a direct copy of an old bike?
The internal top tube routing .. I have had steel Colnago, Rossin and Gazelle frames that have all used an internal routing without stops. As you highlighted, it is a more weatherproof solution.
Cast cable guides under the bottom bracket .. Another design taken from old frames. If you want to improve the cabling friction, an idea is to strip the plastic tube liner out of the centre of a lined cable and run the cables through that in the bottom bracket area.
The brake fixing .. Again I'm guessing another design copied from an old frame. I had a similar problem to yourself on the previously mentioned Gazelle. My solution was a different headset from the one I originally installed (can't remember which one I used) and a 'thick' aluminium serrated washer off a set of Tektro brakes. I'm sure you can buy the washers separately.
Also the problem solvers are an M6 fixing .. at least the set I have are.