Brompton owners

Luckily we don't need to roll them on our commute, but I'll see what the shop says at its service in 10 days.........

What do forum members recommend for rear rack roller wheel upgrades? Eazy Wheels?

Yeah, happened to me. Was warrantied without fuss and I collected a new battery from the Junction Store a few days later. It's a terrible design as you can't change the handle without exposing the cells, which voids the OEM's warranty 🤦‍♂️.

Does anyone have bad experience with rollerblade wheels?
Theres a decathlon nearby and I could get some ball-bearing wheels there for about 10 Euros, without postage and online ordering ... :)

These are okay. I've had one come off mid-ride and was forever lost. The new set unwound on me a couple of times too. Some thread lock should sort that though. Personally, I would for for something more robust next time.

My neighbour’s T line has landed, so I’m going round to test ride his old 6 speed tomorrow. This time tomorrow we could be a two Brom household. Suddenly our city breaks could involve a whole load more bike :D

Bit of a pimping update
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Reflectors removed
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Easy wheels upgrade

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Up close and personal

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We are now a 2 Brompton household. Liz has a Red 3 speed all of her own, the 6 speed had already gone. It’s an earlyish one without the hinge lock. But it’s in really good condition. It came with 2 front bags, a new Dynamo and a spare rim. She’s well happy!

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@hoke how do you find the tbag interferes with steering? I'm tempted to cut the handle off of the bag frame on mine and use a paracord replacement as even with the brake levers vertical I have quite limited steering

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Is there such a thing as an extended bag block to move the bag away from the head tube a little more? Maybe I need longer cables.

Does anybody have a bag frame/support they want to be rid of? I didn’t realise the bags I got didn’t have them. D’ho!

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I didn’t find my interferes with the steering.

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You seem to have more clearance than me? Maybe different bag/ frame years had different designs.

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I cut the plastic handle off and replaced with a paracord one. I'll make a nicer one when I have more time. No more steering issues :-)

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Plus more aero now too.

Hello, I haven't been here for a while since going head first through a psychopaths van window.

Better now and back on 2 wheels.

My Brommie got an interesting reception at the Brompton shop today. I guess you don't get many of these to the pound nowadays.

I bought it new 6 years ago and I might get some new superlight pedals for it.

very nice

Thanks, I've been thinking about getting a T line single speed for the shitz and giggles too.

Seth likes his new bike…
https://youtu.be/TLg0NNjDBMQ

Shit all of these outside of Asia… last non superlight I sold went for £3,000 in about 12 seconds…

What's the options for replacing a worn out bottom bracket for a pre-2013 non-spider crankset?

Is the only way new cranks and new bottom bracket?

That explains the reaction it got then.

Any JIS square taper 119m BB should work, iirc.