Brompton owners

its got an overbuilt crown and a sock style dropout, its pretty swish for a little wheel fork!

due september, got 8 on order for the shop im at, so excited to see them / nervous Ill have no money left...

It’s like a baby Columbus Max.

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when my knees finally goes this is probably my next purchase.

Ffs, Ho. You're 30, not 80.

Indeed, gives them plenty of time to refine/improve this first gen product then ;)

But I can already feel my knees going, the pain is real 😞

get a bigger chainring and that will help :)

also, how far back is your saddle?

Needs the little triangular cutouts in the blade sockets at the fork crown for full lugged loveliness, but not half bad.

tbf he commuted on like 300 GI for a good few years.

70T?

Centre I think

They probably needed a bit more strength there?
It might make sense for them to use this all over the place, so they can order more and reduce the price to acceptable levels to be included in the regular Brompton.

I would suggest trying bringing it forward slightly, can take a lot of the pressure off knees, i really notice when mines a tad far back!

at minimum 60t, at max, 109t!

It’s like a baby Columbus Max.

Thanks for the pictures, I see!
Nice sockets, but still a pressed steel crown :(

Is it just me, or has anyone else with a 2 (or 6) speed set up worn out their jockey wheels to the point that they can no longer change gear? The gear change mechanism seems to wear the outer lip as it pushes the wheel across, to the point that the lip is worn down so much that the mechanism has nothing to press against.

Can be something as simple as adjusting the screw limiter on the chain pusher*, other factor is the cable slack, weakened spring, or the chain pusher being screw in too tight**.

*If it's not set correctly, the chain pusher will rub on the jockey wheel rather, you'd hear the little ticking sound, put it on the stand, spin the crank, and put an allen keys in the chain pusher, turn it until you no longer hear any ticking/rub of the jockey wheel rubbing against the chain pusher.

Also not just the derailleur jockey wheel that get worn, but the chain pusher can also get worn, check the metal plate on the inside to see if it worn into a small lips.

**the last three would contributed to needing to really push and hold the shifter in order to push the chain to the biggest sprocket, thus increase wear on the jockey wheels.

Lastly, as it's technically a derailleur, and obviously I know you know this, always ease a little pressure off the pedalling when chaining gear.

Interesting, that photo do show me how easy it is to rebuild the front wheel, a big bonus as the rims do wear out sooner than later, and I always have to rebuild the back wheels with new rims and spokes dozen of time a months on customer bike.

Spoke lengths on a M6R? Popped two rear spokes in the last month, time for a rebuild... While I'm here, best value/quality black rim out there, may as well murder it out while I'm at it...

146mm (when paired with Brompton angle drilled doublewall rims).

Stick with Brompton's own rims, I think your Brompton doesn't have the double wall like the recent one.

https://brilliantbikes.co.uk/brompton-rims-spokes/2399-brompton-black-16-x-1-38-double-wall-angle-drilled-wheel-rim-28-hole.html

To match the front, it's cheaper just to buy a new front wheel (unless you got dynamo)

https://brilliantbikes.co.uk/brompton-wheels/2396-brompton-front-wheel-black.html

Definitely full rebuild, and yes agree with the standard brompton rim, or sjscycles have cr18s made specially ...
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/rims-tape/sun-cr18-16-x-1-38-349-abt-alloy-rim-black-28-hole/
has edscoble says, fronts are better to replace, unless dynamo, or even better, get a super light version ...
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/wheelswheels-front/sjsc-for-brompton-super-light-front-wheel-black/

(146mm spokes with angle drilled rim)

Thank you, folks, just wrestling with the Brilliant Bikes website now trying to get them to ship to Oz...

The Brilliant Bikes is a reference rather, other online reseller may be better perhaps.

Forget to clarify, Strumey Archer hubs?

Brompton Australia don't have any of the black stuff, which is annoying... I'll keep looking...

Yeah... Just the one...