Brompton owners

So Brompton are shipping me a new crankset and bottom bracket under warranty. Yippee!

According to the mechanic my bottom bracket needed some attention anyway.I also got told off about my rear tire, which I planning to replace this month anyway. Apparently the chain and sprocket need replacing too, which is not so bad considering I do my own maintenance on the drivetrain every few months, and those parts are two years old.

Pedal strike today.

Those Brompton pedals are massive.

been there bro.

What a great thread, thanks all for some valid and very useful contributions for a folding newbie :-)
Just moved further out of town that makes it impractical to commute by bike every day so have taken the plunge and am now playing the waiting game (for the bike not the train just yet...)
Will feed back any useful info as soon as.

New crankset and drivetrain, plus new rear tire. Its like almost new!

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Yeah using Dropbox for public photos is a bit of a hassle. Flickr is just easier!

My Dad, has very kindly gifted me with his old (circa 1991) Brompton as he has upgraded to a new titanium model.
Have to say I am liking it so far. Being able to take it to a meeting in town yesterday and then jump on it to go home, saving me from the tube was awesome.
Time for some mods though, new saddle and clamp ordered, picked up new tyres etc from BC the other day.
Hate the stock grips....can I fit Oury's to the M Bar?

I finally collected my Brompton carcass from the shop, and tried out a new seatpost sleeve. The seatpost fits with no problem, so now I just need to buy the pieces that are still missing (seatpost QR, saddle pentaclip, cables, chain and sprocket) and my free Brompton should be roadworthy.

Woo! Great news Tom.

totally loving my Brompton. I'm going to grab some of those M324 pedals Hatbeard recommended. Been looking at the Bromfication stuff, fancy some of the fancier clamps, they look nice!

What a great thread, thanks all for some valid and very useful contributions for a folding newbie :-)

Having seen your other steeds I am very excited to see your brompton in current projects. I expect equal portions of class, practicality and spared-no-expense as per any MJ build :)

incidentally I'm not sure about my own Brompton, I had thought my new Bath-London living-working arrangement would mean an excuse for one but, well... you can see it's for sale here

I have Brooks slender on my S and H types. On the S I also have cane creek bar ends...love them.

On the H (same bars as M) the Brooks slender don't go all the way on, but that's ok because they have an alloy tube under the leather and lock on with 2 collars, only the inner is useful but I've not had any issue in 2000 miles.

Where can one get this sweet Nitto rack?

I use the awesome T Bag, but a rack on the Brompton would be so rad.

Where can one get this sweet Nitto rack?

I use the awesome T Bag, but a rack on the Brompton would be so rad.

Interesting, I wonder if they do a rear rack too. Also that brake in the picture also looks interesting.

Look like a Brompton brake, why interesting?

I am travelling for just few days to Berlin in september. I'm tempted to take my Brompton with me. The don't have (I just called them) a specific service to take my bike (as in, more carefully than a hold lugage)... I have a Brompton bag, but I'm afraid of the damage if it's being thrown arround like they do with other luggage... I would of course try to put some kind of padding, maybe bubble wrap, I don't know... Any experience, good tips on that?
Thanks...

Go to a bicycle shop, ask for a bicycle box, cut it down to the shape of the Brompton bag to reinforced it.

Go to a bicycle shop, ask for a bicycle box, cut it down to the shape of the Brompton bag to reinforced it.

That's quite a good option, I might do that... Thanks
I need to be quite smart with the cuting/folding of the box so that I can ride the bike AND carry all that cardboard easily... I'm sure there's a way...

If you're also carrying another hold luggage - fold and put the cardboard in that luggage (or your carry on luggage).

What I usually do when I take the brompton to paris in Eurostar, I have the front touring bag with all my stuff, then a carradice saddle bag in which I carry the bike carrier bag. Then I put the bike and the carradice saddle bag in the big carrier. I would have the big carrier in hold luggage and the front touring bag as a hand luggage. I could fold the cardboard and attach it to the saddle bag I suppose...

Brompton is over the (around) 8kg limit on a lot of cheaper carriers weight-based limits for in the cabin but, really, who's that precious about a Brompton? It's made of pretty tough stuff. Pad the Brompton bag out with bubble wrap and wave it good luck. I would.

Yes, I will be doing what you say if I take it there (checking if my friends there can lend me a bike prior to taking final decision...), bubble wrap or / and bike box as Ed suggested, but still I am precious about my brompton... Have you seen how they throw luggage on the tarmac? I can see broken / bent mudgard stays, cracked mudgards, so many things can go wrong. They will throw it, from the automated carrier to the trailer and the other round after, from a distance, carelessly...

Imagine the damage to the rear triangle if the bike falls with all its weight onto one of the two small rear carrying wheels... The tube will bend...

okay take the other route: weigh it down to the max of what the carrier can take which I think is about 23.3kg. Then it gets a nice 'HEAVY' sticker and won't be thrown because of risk of injury.

Take everything else as carryon.