Welcome to the full u-brake club!

[Thame Game]

Can I join the club if I have a set of U brakes, but can't find a frame n" fork?
(Campag).

 

[FredAero]

Can I join the club if I have a set of U brakes, but can't find a frame n" fork?
(Campag).

Of course, you can participate in the discussion, but to join the club, you need a bike with W-brakes.
And I know, it's not easy to find the appropriate frame, unless you know a framebuilder that can adapt an MTB frame to u-brakes!

 

[sinnerman]

Nice cover! Would be nice to read the whole article!

The saviour of the bike and all credit belongs to Adrian.

Its a thing of beauty and the Uk test bike for the Campag groupset of the time.

Have a read, the full article is in the thread.

Thread '1989 Swallow Griffon - MBUK Test Bike... Finished - Page 12'

Apr 5, 2013

After the Formula I fancied late 80s british steel again so I started reading through old bike mags for inspiration. One make kept coming up in the 1989 buyers guide – Swallow, the brand seemed to vanish in later years which interested me. I had an article on from MBUK in 1989 where they were testing the newly released Campag Centaur groupset on Fueteventura, the test bike was a Swallow Griffon and I thought that it looked sorted for the year, straight forks, Kona esq geometry, top tube cable routing – different from the rest.

It was decided - a Swallow was the next project - all I had...

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• Forum: Reader's MTBs --> 1997

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[Thame Game]

Someone mentioned that Pinarello did a U brake frame. Any archive stuff on that?

 

[FredAero]

The saviour of the bike and all credit belongs to Adrian.

Its a thing of beauty and the Uk test bike for the Campag groupset of the time.

Have a read, the full article is in the thread.

Thread '1989 Swallow Griffon - MBUK Test Bike... Finished - Page 12'

Apr 5, 2013

After the Formula I fancied late 80s british steel again so I started reading through old bike mags for inspiration. One make kept coming up in the 1989 buyers guide – Swallow, the brand seemed to vanish in later years which interested me. I had an article on from MBUK in 1989 where they were testing the newly released Campag Centaur groupset on Fueteventura, the test bike was a Swallow Griffon and I thought that it looked sorted for the year, straight forks, Kona esq geometry, top tube cable routing – different from the rest.

It was decided - a Swallow was the next project - all I had...

• Coleman
• Replies: 136
• Forum: Reader's MTBs --> 1997

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Thanks for sharing!
That's an amazing bike, now fitted with Euclid '88 brakes, not Centaur like in the test...

 

[sinnerman]

Thanks for sharing!
That's an amazing bike, now fitted with Euclid '88 brakes, not Centaur like in the test...

I Loved it as it was received from Adrian with the Double U brakes, I have the additional Cantis as well, but I love the way the U Brakes hide the additional cantilever brake bosses on the frame.

Its a mega unicorn.

 

[FredAero]

Someone mentioned that Pinarello did a U brake frame. Any archive stuff on that?

Oh yes, sure!