Brompton owners

Tell him they break...

Anyone after a new unused stock Brompton saddle and rubber waffle grips off a new bike b4 I put in classifieds? £15/£5 +postage

PS I sorted that rear end rattle with a bit of time with a file, dremel and a vernier. No metal parts were modified or harmed. Added a negative spring bumper and its smoother over the bumps with no rattle as I wheelie-drop the kerbs. Get rad...

I’ve never seen or heard of one breaking, interesting. I take it you have?

It’s why they stopped producing them!

best brake pads for brompton? looking to replace stock ones... Kool Stop Dura 2 Dual Compound or Swissstop Flash Evo BXP? Other suggestions for all year use (including wet winter rides)?

I use swissstop, they are great

Personally I think a 35 mile road trip on a Brommie is stretching it a bit. They’re not great over distances - the riding position is necessarily compromised and they’re a bit twitchy, esp on crappy roads (ie London).

I tend to agree with JJ72.

Perfect commuter bike but I will really only use the one I have, if have to, in other words take the train. Anything more than 30mins and it is too annoying. (I am a 6'2" tall chap so I might just be too big for them (even with the extended seat post)). So chapeau to the chaps doing 100+ on them but I would just get frustrated; that or I should have got one with a massive gear inch within!

blue ones? did you just replace the blocks?

I use shimano pad holders, blue ones yeah

great! will try with stock pad holders for now 😃

I’d try one. I mean, who ever got hurt by a seat post breaking on them?

I mean... who doesn’t like a seatpost impaling their arsehole

As my Brompton is a much older model despite a recent frame I still have the antique front stay/hook system, which has lost its shape and rigidity; when folded the front wheel touches the floor which is a pain when rolling (I have the official rear rack). Would the modern version keep the wheel higher and can I just change the stay without having to change the whole mudguard?
I know lots of people think there's no point rolling the folded bike, but I like to be able to...

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https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/mudguards/brompton-front-mudguard-stay-set-steel/

Also think about what easy wheel size you have, bigger is better when it comes to rolling!

I've got exactly the same problem. Be interested to hear if that does the trick.

Edit: realised I'm a dick. Looked properly and I'd been pushing the seatpost down too far to squeeze it into the inadequate luggage space on the train.

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Thanks, good point, I think the easy wheels I had before installing the rack were indeed of a greater diameter than the rack's standard ones...

seatpost

I've done that mistake too!

One of my customers is over 7’ tall and rides a massive custom Roberts, I’m 5’9” and his saddle reaches my armpit. A few months back his Thompson seatpost snapped on him and he hit the ground really hard. After that I got him a BBB seatpost and got a friend to bond a steel liner inside it. Ok, it doubled the weigh but it ain’t gonna break now...

Thompson seatpost

Elite or Masterpiece?

Where did it actually break?

I’m not sure, tbh.

Right at the base, just above the clamp. He’s a big man, so it probably wasn’t the best choice of post. He’s now on his second reinforced post because the first one was stolen

So Brompton have struck a deal with....... Halfords. Their mechanics setting up and repairing Brommies, can’t see that turning into a shitshow at all.

Probably covering their arses for when Evans go tits up soon, but Halfords? IDB’ are already up in arms.