Brompton owners

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For a 56 year old not quite as fit as they once were but still in the game kind of person this is obviously an essential bit of kit
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London craftwork have a good selection of these on their website
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Hope everyone is doing well
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What a beautiful day

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Love it, have you still got the Oak? Sadly, I hardly ever ride mine these days. I must remedy that.

Apologies to all for the non-Brompton pic. 🙏🏼

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Dibs... ;)

Stony's ahead of ya! 😋

Don’t follow what?

Spotted this morning.

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I misspoke. I meant I didn’t understand what you meant by “cheap shit for 99%” in response to RonAsheton asking about Aceoffix, could you rephrase please?

Yeah, I didn't understand either but you saved me the trouble of asking. 99% rubbish?

Aceoffix make fake (patent expired?) Bromptons?

Great bike and great pic
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Yes oak's are a bit like the buses you wait for ages then two come along at once

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Has anyone got a Brompton telescopic post going spare? Sorted.

Correct.

Cheap, low quantity, poor fitting, functionless mostly!

Saw a fellow cyclist (he's probably on this forum!) share an insta story/vid and this dude rode past 😁

We have two Brompton and one this one the spokes catch the gear chain when the bike is folded. I cannot work out why, any ideas anyone??

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Are there any significant differences in the P line and A line triangle and fork geo? Im thinking of saving my elbow tendons by replacing steel with Ti, but it’s not clear what the big differences are between both designs (other than a redesigned suspension block and EZ wheel mounting point on the P line).

Geo are the same ride comfort is nicer cos it's Ti.

Sorry don't know what's exactly your elbow issue is, would a switch of bars setup or even grips help?

Lifting and carrying the bike up stairs multiple times a day aggravates tendon and joint issues in my elbow and fingers. Even steering a fully packed shopping mode Brompton tends to tire my joints out, I think particularly because the bike is unbalanced and I’m having to exert constant force to keep it stable as well as propel it. I have to improve my flexibility on and off the bike as well.

I’ve been commuting for weeks nearly every day on multiple forms of transport with many a staircase between destinations, and I’m feeling the additional strain. Dropping >1kg off the bike, which I have the parts to do minus fork and triangle, would make a big difference I think.

My front brake caliper left hand side when looking at it from the front is rubbing on the wheel, the right is free. Any tips for quickly readjusting?

I have the Brompton toolkit with me and never faced this before so not totally clued up on how to adjust the caliper or cable to bring it back off the rim.

Any help great fully received as it'll mean I'm wearing it too fast and putting in waaaay more effort than I should have to.

Edit:worked it out. Ignore.

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Get a wheel extender for shopping (if you have a rack you can even get 2 for extra stability).

I find stairs are much easier if you just lift the bike and hook the saddle over your shoulder. You can hold the fold retention clip as you lift so the rear triangle folds, if it's a crowded station or whatever.

@JAH-tim
@RonAsheton

Are these oak's all polo ones that have been repurposed?

Mine is but Tim's isn't.

Tiniest wheelbase ever.

Can confirm, it keeps the front brake cable out of the wheel on mudguardless Bromptons.

And yes, on all forks to cut down on having many different (but similar) variants of the same thing

^ lush! Ben is doing God's work!

Sorry to hear this.

I don't have the actual numbers in weight difference between standard rear frame and forks vs titanium maybe +sbbohr might know?