Brompton owners

Cheers and @C4r1s

It's for a brompton with M type handlebars and a swytch battery pack on them so I think the City folder would be too big. Can't see any images of the Canvas tool roll on the bike so not sure about that.

first day of holidays in Belgium last year with bromptons, partner breaks a spoke on their rear wheel(!?!) - proceed directly to nearby Plum Gent who luckily had a correct length spoke in their workshop & sold me a spoke tool just before closing - disassemble/fix/true in the yard at the front of that night's hotel with a stream of other residents looking at me bemused... I've had more relaxing starts to holidays...

on the plus side, Plum chucked in a couple of their water bottles for free?!

The waxed canvas front bag is discontinued new so it’s be a case of scouring eBay or similar I think. I use it with Flat bars (S) and there’s plenty of space, it’s designed with the S bars in mind so is only 30cm tall (just enough for a pad of A4 paper)

Edit: picture

1 Attachment

Literally the easiest thing ever, if you know what you’re doing, send me a message and I’ll send you a guide

Ready for the next Brompton in, taken to a very big Premier dealer, and completely fucked…

2 Attachments

Appreciate it but I'm good. I think we can agree that you're using literally in the wrong context here :) It is not literally the easiest thing ever. We can reserve that for changing the tube on a bike that doesn't have wheel nuts, for a start.

It’s still a mess but she can carry a lot ( physically and emotionally)
Love to all
H

1 Attachment

Love

👍

1 Attachment

Ideally I’d get a Stars and Stripes rear guard …
However that’s just cosmetic

A La

1 Attachment

• IMG_1360.webp

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=arfU1MUFLRw

Kinda

1 Attachment

My seat post is gently sliding down each time I ride the bike, and the Brompton tool kit doesn't appear to have a spanner that fits the seat post collar nut. Handy.

That doesn’t make sense no? Any spanner ?

Sorry that was a bad double negative

It is not literally the easiest thing ever.

Agreed, it’s horrible. Wouldn’t even consider trying to change the tube on the rear at the roadside. Fitted Marathon Plus to mine and my partner’s bike after the first couple of rear punctures

Why is it so difficult? Doesn't seem any different than changing a rear track wheelset tyre? Or is it just the models with the internal hub gear? That does look a bit fiddly but not that bad, unless they're making it look easier in this vid, as these sorts of things tend to do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WbQW2O3GKU

Our bikes both have the three speed hubs. Undo gear cable (small part to lose), remove chain tensioner (possible injury as it snaps back, nut and washer to lose), remove wheel nuts, ease those things out of the holes in the frame (usually jammed by road dirt), fix puncture, reverse (maybe another injury from chain tensioner), re-adjust hub gear. How is that easy?

Oh, I forgot that you have to leave the tyre un-inflated when putting the wheel back or you have to remove the brake cable. So, if you’ve patched the tube you can’t test the repair until it’s all re-assembled.

Why is it so difficult

It’s not especially easy, and IME people tend to over complicate it. Plus the bike isn’t the most stable to set upside down; if you start removing parts like the chain tensioner it can be tricky to remember how they were installed; and there’s no quick release for the tires (i mean brake callipers) so that’s annoying.

if you start removing parts like the chain tensioner it can be tricky to remember how they were installed

Is there a way of doing it without removing the chain tensioner?

and there’s no quick release for the tires (i mean brake callipers) so that’s annoying

Incredibly annoying

if you start removing parts like the chain tensioner it can be tricky to remember how they were installed

Shirley that's what your camera-phone is for.

Is there a way of doing it without removing the chain tensioner?

No

Is there a way of doing it without removing the chain tensioner?

Patch the tube instead of replacing it?