Brompton owners

Yes just very busy! Including Brompton bikes now ;) £1.50 for Uk delivery.

Came home to a small-ish parcel today! Big thanks to Ryan at SJS cycles, very helpful and patient in my questions! Clear and easy transactions, would recommend to people looking at brompton too. Other half's pretty excited!

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You'd love her...

I did..sadly it was not mutual! 😿

Is it open yet?!

Has anyone tried/got the 'leccy Brompton?

My other half is making noises about getting one to cycle to work (she's a doctor working in Bristol, we live in Bath). I am wondering whether the motor could deal with a ~55kg rider going up a 7% incline — North Road specifically — on the two speed or whether the six speed would be a better choice.

i have, its ok.

you can get decent (non folding) electric bike for that money

I have done a 12% hill, after 6% for about 1/2 miles, 100kg rider, 15kg trailer 12kg human + child items!

SJScycles have m and h type demos plus offer endless custom options

opened it last night. pretty stoked but she haven't had a chance to ride it yet. hopefully by friday! thanks again!

Had one. Its ooookkkkaaay.

Would definitely be ok for what she has in mind. Its expensive but more to the point its a boat anchor - nigh on 17kg. You arms get to know it once you carry it the length of a train platform.

Once MUD DOCK is back open you can come in and have a go on the DEMO bike.

oh hello! do you work there? I'll PM you.

Mud dock closed? Not an essential? Government wouldn’t pay out for us wanting to close and protect staff because we fall under essential businesses

That's not how the Job Retention Scheme works

I haven’t read into it.. happy to be at work / about to be off for paternity leave.

Shame to see the shop closed while the industry is having a surge / being helpful to those key workers etc.

No, I’ve ridden one tho. Awful things.

I’ve restored and ridden an Itera too, the worst bike evah.

I don’t have an especially heavyweight Brompton (6 speed w/ mudguards but Ti), but it still pays to think if it’s worth doing the unfold/roll/fold manoeuvre—it doesn’t take very long, and gets faster the more you do it… no help for stairs though mind you… a long train platform though, I’d be unfolding & refolding if I had to.

@R.hobbs have you had any dealings with cinq5 and their Rohloff shifters? Any good?

Look smarter, good ergonomic, feel disgusting. Like a really rusty cable or something...

So that's a big plus.
No?

I’m thinking of their R: Road ones rather than the thumbshifters, also thinking about getting a gebla rohbox Instead of the cinq5 shifting box, which can be used with sram shifters..
Any thoughts on those?

After much thought...I am taking your advice and may God have mercy on my bank account or what is left of it but I am not going for the Cinq5 shifters.

I was looking at Kinetics 8sped conversion and was wondering if he simply uses an 8spd standard hub? Would all I need to do is build a Brompton rim onto a SA 8spd hub and away we go. Or will I have to start altering the rear triangle?

Why don’t you email him?

The SA 8 speed conversation uses the original Brompton rear triangle...I would send Ben Cooper an email at Kinetics and he would give you the answer.