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Carbon fibre track wheels, tri spoke, and aerodynamic fairing

Mine doesn't come with the rack. Was going to get one of those cheap two leg aluminium kickstands to keep it upright when folded.

This is similar to my line of thinking. The main difference between our frames is that mine doesnt require removal of back wheel to compact down. Will stick on folding pedals too

The Montague is not too heavy at 13kg with the cheap stock components and hybrid wheels. If the experiment works out I should eventually be able to shave a bit of that off with lighter wheels and groupset.

Keep a bag in my backpack and if anyone says anything turn it into a piece of luggage.

Good idea. Easy to get carried away and I might hate it and end up selling.

I commute into London by train, and hate the Jubilee line, so needed a bike to get me from London Bridge to work. I was looking for a decent used Brompton for ages, but the size of the wheels just didn't sit right with me.

So I have bought a folding 700c bike that doesn't split on the frame. It should let me get on the train and give me a ride I can enjoy, if I modify it.

So over the next few weeks I will be documenting my journey to transform the components on this thing to lighter and better ones. Any advice or suggestions welcome.

Wooden rims are just a terrible idea all round IMO

I rode one of these about 15 years ago when I worked in a bike shop in Notting Hill. Surprisingly comfortable and luxurious riding position.

It had wooden rims and I was flying down Campden Hill Road having a great time and the tyres popped off when I cornered.

Thanks. Will look into it.

I was looking at a video where they show you how to culture mycelium fungus and then wax and press it with heat to make a very tough vegan leather. Seems hard to do though.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Uj1Hc8aJM

Vegan leather. Any good suppliers out there?

Cathedral City have made a vegan version?!

will do

Just agreed to buy one used. £400. Save £224 compared to bike scheme. Get to own it outright so no uncertainty over future law changes or whatever. It is about 20 years old but in good condition and should be fine.

I was apprehensive about the whole rent the bike on Cyclescheme to be fair. I like hacking and upgrading my bikes and felt a bit awkward about doing it on one I technically don't own yet.

Going to be using the bike to work scheme but I need a folder because the train won't allow anything else during peak times.

Is Brompton really the only practical folding bike that can go under my desk at work without arsing about with the awkward centre folding or are there others you'd recommend? I rarely buy into hype/style over substance, and am trying to avoid that. But in this case Brompton seems to be the only design that would be practical.

Thanks, how easy is it to swap a tile from the inside?

Thanks. Yes, I avoid aluminium/titanium anyway as someone who has studied materials science. Steel has a virtually infinite capacity for stress cycles but aluminium/titanium don't and after a few million flexes can suddenly snap/crack!

£400 was the preorder price

I've been getting loads of mould in bathroom. Window but no extractor. Loft directly above

What's the easiest way to fit an extractor? Thanks

Just ordered a Swytch kit I preordered a few months ago. Got the 700c front wheel. Now to decide what bike to build for it.

After building a whole kitchen and hanging cabinets I avoid the harder plugs. I use long strong steel screws and enough rawl plugs to match the depth of the screw. And I make sure to clear the plaster on top of the brick. Whole rawl plug needs to be in the brick and hole needs to match rawl plug size. If it spins in the hole it isn't secure. Some people put slivers of wood in the hole around the rawl plug in these cases to stop it spinning.

For really heavy things I have used resin bolts which are good fun. You drill a hole as per instructions, fill with polymer resin and push your threaded rod into the hole. Wait until it cures and then bolt whatever you need to into it. Solid.

Look up frame fixings and YouTube from actual builders is a godsend.

I'd like to build a light steel lugged 61cm road frame that I can use as my year round runaround.

Thanks,
Michael

Just keeps getting worse...

Welcome to Tonbridge if it all worked out! How are you finding it?

I created this thread. No longer a doctor. Now three years into a full time profession as a C# .NET developer.

Software engineering in the City is 100 times less stressful than being a doctor, more creative, more intellectually challenging (in the engineering/logical reasoning sense) oddly.

I like it, the plan is to keep this up for a few more years then go freelance and start frame building half the week. I have a pipe dream to build a stiff classic full size frame using Reynolds tubing, which folds in some clever way. I have hundreds of CAD designs I have done over the years. Want to make it a reality.

Sounds almost exactly like one I had from Hasbean

My Delonghi Autentica bean to cup recently developed a warning light and empty water light error, can't get it working.

So I swapped back to my Delonghi Icona with modified portafilter (pressure basket removed and swapped to simple sieve type filter basket) and the coffee quality has stepped up significantly. Had forgotten what good coffee tasted like!