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Not much exciting going on at HLHQ.
The Brompton pretty much needed an entire new drivetrain after commuting through winter; cogs, chain, tensioner idler wheels all replaced, as well as new SwissStop pads and shoes. Now it runs super smooth again. I was a bit miffed that I had to replace this so soon, but thinking about it, I would have replaced my fixed commuter drivetrain yearly and the cost of replacing the Brompton parts twice a year works out about the same cost anyway.
I wasn’t going to replace much else on the Brompton but I’ve also noticed that a load of the bolts have rusted as they’re fairly naff quality, so I’ll slowly replace these with better quality stainless steel/titanium over time. I’ve started with new Ti Workshop crank bolts and tensioner bolt as these were rusted up the most.
I also replaced the Brompton saddle with an Arione, and replaced the telescopic seatpost quick release clamp with a Thomson one. I removed all the reflectors, too.
I would like to replace the seatpost with a titanium one but that would mean chopping the top off of one so I can insert a regular seatpost into it. Not sure if I’m ready to chop up a £100+piece of ti tube yet, so we’ll see.
One final thing is I squirted a load of ACF50 anti corrosion stuff down all the tubes and let it sit in the sun for a few hours before wiping off the excess. Hopefully that’ll prevent any future rust problems with the frame.
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