Brompton owners

The ti parts used to made in Eastern Europe, Russia, Bulgaria and Slovakia I think. I used to receive titanium seatposts wrapped in Cyrillic newspaper.

Just fyi. I still have mine and love it and use it so much more than my other bikes now. And I haven't even started commuting again (which was why I bought it in the first place)

glad to hear it!

Probably not because Brompton are cunts.

Also still love the one you built for me!

Use it all the time to avoid public transport.

+1

Nope. They do. Saw them a few days ago. They’re just limiting use.

Saw two being brought yesterday at Condor yesterday,

The grey is nice, but I still prefer my V.1 tbh.

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Friends bikes up for sale

That's very nice..

Lovely ride from Portishead to Bath a couple of weeks back. 60km and cycled alongside the M5 over the Avon, from Avonmouth station to Portishead. Some experience!

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Everything thats not the frame is pretty much dog shit/agricultural

Yea, after looking into these bikes a bit I can see where that statement comes from.
So why the massive price tag?
Just because nobody else managed do make a compact bike fold down neatly like that yet?
Is the frame actually that good that it's worth paying the price?

Partly because they're UK-based and paying UK labour costs; partly because they've positioned themselves as a boutique brand and charge what the market will bear.
Dahon curl uses a similar fold, but isn't significantly cheaper (and doesn't seem to be widely available in the UK)
As a multimodal commuter for UK public transport, there isn't anything with a better fold; yes they're heavy, yes not everyone likes the ride, yes they're arguably overpriced for the components, but if mine broke I'd suck it up and buy another ASAP.

Whats the diffeence between this;

and the old version:

Apart from the 40g weight difference -- doesnt seem to be anything else?

One is shiny, the other isn't. Shiny is obviously better.

Shiny is obviously better

This is true.

Straight pull spokes rather than J-bends, and as a result wider flange spacing for a stronger wheel. Laterally, anyway.

One is shiny, the other isn't. Shiny is obviously better.

Yes, but the new version of the Son XS hub is also available in the nice Shiny finish.

Couldn't resist.

Question: I suppose the bracket in the second picture is there to keep the frame from unfolding, but it's obviously not doing its job right now. Is it bent? Thanks in advance.

snap. Not sure about about that bracket. If mine doesn't clip on to the stay usually means ive done something wrong in the wrong order.

Yes, it’s completely buggered.

HTH.

Had to bend it 90 degrees, now works beautifully! It realigned the mudguard in the process; win.

Just the aesthetics, weight and spoke style.

Trasher (sorry, meant you), is this the correct Brompton chain length? Mine is a couple links longer.

A new life created!

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