Brompton owners

Ed, now that I'm there, you cannot use the mind rubber to erase me.
Besides, where is your sense of adventure?
;-)

That looks just like my old flat. Limehouse?

Might try to get me some of that Brompton mechanic training, at £45/hr it sounds like a proper wheeze.

A drillum Brompton sounds like a cheap way of making the thing lighter, I'll wait until you've done yours first, Jurek, thobut.

I will do that on my new one.

Any way of dealing with an old knackered one?

I noticed wear in my hinge after just six months. 18 months and approx 2,600 miles later it's exactly the same. Has anyone bought a Brompton new and checked the hinge immediately?

#justsayin

As edscoble says here its a normal wearing part, as is the seat sleeve.

I have seen people do them to fucked in a few months and a few years..

I charge £20 parts £20 labour down in somerset - its a job I have done soo many times it does not take long at all.

new build in taunton!

I have 60 sat beside me I have checked... a tiny bit of play is fine, same with the frame pivots.

Well, this is all good to know.

If I get these replaced frequently, is there a limit to the number of times it can be done, or doesn't it affect the steel bore of the hinge assembly in the frame ?

No limit I have found, as long as you dont let the play get too greater / the mechanic does it correctly.

"....as long as.........../ the mechanic does it correctly"

There's the rub.

just go to premier dealers ...

While we're at it, is there any other critical part, apart from the obvious bike maintenance things, that I need to keep an eye on ?

Rear hinge, seat sleeve and the standard chain wear, brake pads / rims - try and keep your rims as clean as possible and change pads at 2/3rd worn.

The front wheel / headset are looseball, so keep those clean / tidy or upgrade to sealed bearings for a little extra cost but higher performance and longer lasting etc.

The tyre pressures make a huge difference, 100psi every week!

ok @maynardeames

Ive been blasting around with 1 brake for weeks now - what do i need to do to put this new front brake on my brompton?

:') wait for Amey to deliver the bolts im posting with his new B, I am rushing around like a mad man to get it sorted, hopefully it will leave here friday and arrive on Monday, sorry for the delay, at least you can do some skids!

haha im going to need a bastard new rear kojak! forgotten how hard it is to keep the rear planted and stop without a front brake, let alone whip out my brompton trackstand tekkers!

I might have a spare, if so ill throw it in the box for you!

I have these and an MTB HTII BB. Let the magic happen.

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#winning

Brompton have a 40% sale on some accessories Mini O Bags £57 - also does anybody which size grips I need for a 2017 S type bars?

S types always used 130mm ones

I expect to see a podium from someone here...

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The main hinge can only be changed twice but it rarely ever needed and I only came across one from an old Brompton from 1998.

The rear triangle hinge, I lost count, but there have been cases where customer abused their so much it need a whol new rear triangle, and some even the frame and triangle.