Brompton owners

Huge difference!

Lol.

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Nice Kinetics stuff!

Only the best. Well, I guess also slim choice these days..

This morning I found a pretty chunky o-ring broken on the floor next to where I left my Brompton last night. No idea where it's come from and I did 10 miles on it this morning without a problem. Maybe slightly rattly....

Any ideas where it might have come from? Reckon it's approx 3-4cm across

So here's a question, I'm weighing up options and likely to get a P Line in new year, but can't help monitoring ebay and eying up the options and prices that come up on there. If I was to, for example, get something like this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304728710743
as a starting point, and then awesome it up as much as poss with the saved purchase price, how awesome could I get it, and would that actually be a better approach value and outcome-wise than buying an off the peg P Line?

Thoughts welcome!

An O-ring from around the top of your seatpost, just below the saddle?

That would be one of these, which seems likely. Ta!

https://brilliantbikes.co.uk/brompton-handlebars-and-seat-posts/2764-brompton-replacement-seat-post-o-rings-pair.html

was wondering the same - how much does the P line titanium rear triangle save weight-wise?

You will be better off buying a P line it some respects.
titanium fork and triangle, budget £750.

Got a spare white triangle, going for a bargain cos it’s white and has a few marks.

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Cheers, very helpful summation - figured that might be the case but wanted to make sure I wasn't missing a trick (partly based on that upgrade vid a few pages back where the end product weight was very impressive!)

Glad it's not just me wasting time like this!

Might as well buy a P line, that would take a lot of cash to get it it to a similar standard!

Cheers, wanted to make sure I wasn't missing a trick!

Orange triangle, and green fork...

I'm thinking about that orange triangle A LOT

orange triangle, white mainframe, green fork... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Ireland ?

This is to match beautifully with a blue frame... and light pink stem!

😵😵😵😵

DOIT

What’s the best rear light to go on the Brompton reflector bracket? I want a permanently fixed light. I don’t have a dynamo. I am thinking replaceable batteries rather than rechargeable.

B&M flat senso
B&M 2C - rechargeable but considering
Spanninga

Seem to be the options.

If not SON dynamo, Cateye rapid X mini is my go to; with an X-Lite 100 on the saddle rails.

B&M flat senso

B&M 2C - rechargeable but considering
Spanninga

6 months and water ingress will kill these, always seems to

Kinetics, sold for a project!

I do have cloud blue and black triangles in stock, happy to repaint if desired!

I had the B&M 2C rechargeable (bought from Brilliant Bikes £22, now £33). It lasted 2.5 years mounted on the brake bridge reflector mount (I’d gone from H6R to H6L) then the micro USB port died, basically I noticed it rattled when I tried to insert the cable, the orange charge light would briefly come on then instantly go out again. I tried many different positions to get a solid connection, but short of staying perfectly still and holding it for 2+ hours was a no-no.

Bought a B&M Senso as replacement (also from Brilliant Bikes), then learnt online it might be not so good long term. I had to reverse the bolts on the Brom rack in order to fit (bolt heads inwards, nuts on outside of rack, went back to H6R mode) as clearance was non-existent (feared I might break light trying to get battery cover on & off).

I was using 2C in addition to Exposure Trace & TraceR for daytime rides (got an Exposure Strada 800 for dark) though @amey will prob say ‘Dyno’ (I’ve been a forum lurker for a while). Did actually buy Brom SP Dyno wheel with front & rear lights and cabling from fleabay, though never got round to fitting.