Brompton owners

Lovely colour, I like the 2 speed, however the chain pusher's a bit of a ball ache in bad weather
YMMV!

Yeah always the case, just ride it as a single speed and pray it is stuck on a fast rear cog to get home quicker.

For anyone attending BWC, I'll be on the Albion stand doing free repairs (any bike brand), more details below. Looking forward to seeing the racing, and the 500+ Bromptons around Coal Drops Yard;

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/17423280/

come and say hello! @HoKe are you racing? Let me know what time/heat if so!

Oh! If visiting, bring a lock, and be vigilant and aware of security. Definitely targeted/opportunist bike thefts last year :(

Excellent, yeah I’m gonna be there, granted my racing legs days are pretty over :(

I’ll see you at the event - will be in the second heat.

Brompton chains, if I had to use a quick link to rejoin one, what spd is best? I've loads of different ones in my spares

7-8 speed is the norm, but I would imagine any 3/32" quick links would do. You probably want a link that matches your chain though. @Belgian-Cat

Awesome , cheers pal

Mine came back from a service at SJS with a 7-8 speed sram quick link and has worked flawlessly.

Anyone have experience of mudguard roller wheels from AliExpress? Mines seized solid and I'm wondering if there's an upgrade that doesn't cost £35 from sjs

I got one of these from eBay recently. Took a couple of weeks to arrive. Only been on the bike a few days but seems fine.

Didn’t come with fixings, so got a bag of 12mm (a little longer than ideal) M4 allen bolts and nuts. Got plenty of spares if you need.

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No problem. @Belgian-Cat yeah the 'Brompton' chains are just SRAM PC8X0 chains, where X = 3, 5, 7 - don't remember which, but all work.

I've also ended up with similar chains and have used KMC 8-speed chains and links. Also ran a single speed 3 3/2" before and the only issue with it was the quick link pins being too long and hitting the jockeys. The chain itself was fine.

@crow ^

Anyone seen this before?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186500553292?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=L-I5gqC4RkK&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=eTz5XuWuTKa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Yes, there are lots of bikes like this from brands like Mint, Afluen, Pikes. Just search for trifold bike.

Is it any good?

i am selling my restrap brompton bag (black; like new) if anyone is looking (would also be interested in trading for something bigger).

its just a bit too small for what I need and so its been barely used ...

Pic?

Is it just me or has there been very little info on BWC this weekend? I've had one email saying I can register from 9 (although not when I need to be registered by) and what time my heat is but that's about it. The link just goes to the Eventbrite site which isn't particularly informative.

@aggi here’s some info from their Insta.

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i am selling my restrap brompton bag (black; like new) if anyone is looking (would also be interested in trading for something bigger).

its just a bit too small for what I need and so its been barely used ...

Aren’t theses massive? What are you looking at which is bigger?

Cheers. I wonder what is happening between 2.15 and 4.

Good move and welcome!

Picked this little beauty up from Balfe’s yesterday. Properly good fun. Looking forward to doing a lot more zipping around town on it.

Now to think about upgrades. Grips first I think. Roller rack to be installed on Monday.

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the borough in large.

restrap is more like medium borough bag.

Yep, comms was poor. Only got the course map on Thursday!

It’s heaving here. I’m rider 71 if anyone spots me, dark lacquer H6L.

Good luck to anybody riding!