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Generally, you can find aftermarket stuff but it probably won’t be as good / functional as stock!
Aftermarket tensioners are ££ and generally crap!Vostok tensioner is brilliant, but only suitable for IHG
Shouldn’t cause any trouble for a long time, a bit of internal wax from wurth and gt85 for external will help.
Rhobbs
Bainbridge
Just cleaned my 2sl and did some general maintenance.
Deffo need to replace the drive chain - @maynardeames is it worth sticking with the standard Brompton replacements? Pretty sure it's a 54t chainring.
Also the chain tensioner looks slightly out of line - I replaced it 2 or three years ago but they aren't the most hardy of parts. Worth going for a better aftermarket solution?
Finally, my brommie is a raw lacquer version. I've just noticed a couple of spots where there are bits of surface rust - like around the hinge lever. Something to be concerned about?