Brompton owners

I can probably get one at trade but I wanna fuck around with it a bit, even a slightly fucked one could be OK... I want it for Australia...

The prices are the same in all of the shops, since Brompton are very specific about their pricing for options and the like. I think an 8 week wait is still the norm for a custom colour choice, if you want one of the white or black ones off the shelf then an LBS might be able to help out. There is Brompton's own shop in Covent Garden which might give some of the options straight off since I think they are able to do them in-store.

I'm selling my Brompton....

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/255871/#comment11855462

The consensus seems to be that its list price or nothing.

My experience last year was that OTP models can be had pretty much same day from the likes of Evans, whilst there was at least a six week wait for a custom model from someone like Apex Cycles in Clapham.

Compton Cycles in Catford are worth calling, they have quite a good stock of various models. That's where I bought mine from last year.

Compton do keep a high stock level of different builds.

Beware most dealers even withdraw LCC and CTC discounts from Brommy's. The margin shops make on Bromptons is very very slim so you'd be lucky to get a discount. The cheapest way of buying one imo is through salary sacrifice (cyclescheme/cycleplus/bike2work).

Received an email from SJS cycles announcing clearance on 2014 Bromptons.

Can't find them on the webpage, so copied and pasted below the content. I suppose if you phone them they will confirm... Or I can forward the email to whoever wants...

We have the following Brompton bicycles offered at super keen prices!
£100 deposit over the phone secures purchase.
You will need to collect on a weekday from our
Bridgwater, Somerset store.
These bikes are available to view on our website HERE, but mail order is not available due to Brompton's terms and conditions

    Stock is very limited, the numbers you see are all we have left!

Item No. Product Qty Was Now
32473 Brompton S2L Folding Bike - Cobalt Blue/White 1 £895 £716
32865 Brompton M2L Folding Bike - Turkish Green/Hot Pink 1 £925 £740
32867 Brompton M6R Folding Bike - Desert Sand 1 £1040 £832
32870 Brompton P6R Folding Bike - Cobalt Blue 1 £1010 £808
32873 Brompton M6L Folding Bike - Black/Arctic Blue 1 £955 £764
32885 Brompton M6R Folding Bike - Apple Green 1 £1370 £1096
32888 Brompton S3L Folding Bike - Claret/Black 1 £895 £716
33342 Brompton H6R Folding Bike - Sage Green 1 £1070 £856
33347 Brompton H3L Folding Bike - Arctic Blue 1 £950 £760

Dunno why it display like this.

fucking about with the gfs brompton and took the rear derailleur apart.

am sure have put the spring in the correct way but have lost tension. anyone else had this problem? any suggestions?

Brompton have some pretty good videos on their website.
https://brompton.zendesk.com/home

Or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htDCktFLMPY

@jonny

cheers DJ but i had already found those on YouTube and some of them have helped in other scenarios.

in this one I actually unscrewed the derailleur arm from the rear mech. anyway, props to london fields cycles for sorting and not charging a thing. good on 'em.

now, next questios - what do people do about squealing noises from the rear shock spring? previously i have taken it to pieces and given it a liberal dose of lithium grease. worked for a while but surely can't need to be redone every couple of months

what do people do about squealing noises from the rear shock spring?

I had some squealing after a few months of ownership; I'm pretty sure it was the bushings in the hinge that required some GT85. It's been fine for the last 12 months since.

cheers @Dom
gave it a pretty liberal dowsing in GT85 this morning. i might need to keep a tighter bombing pattern

Got my new (and first) brompton yesterday.
S2L black with hot pink bits.
Baptism of fire last night in a very dark very wet central London.
Much more pleasant this morning and I don't feel as much like a pillock as I thought I might.

You know you can always count on the forum to make you feel like a pillock, you don't need a Brompton for that. :)

Has anyone ever swapped the stays on a rear mudguard?

Ordered a replacement (stays and mudguard) and I think I've been sent defective parts - there are two short stays and one long one, can't get it the right shape - is currently deformed and rubbing on the rear wheel...

Got a second-hand M3 and really struggling to get used to the ride... Does it get better?

do you have the hard or sof tsuspension block?

if you have the soft then get the hard

This is to be expected considering you would appear to usually ride a penny farthing...

But yes, it does get a lot better (in my experience at least: I hated my first ride on my friend's brompton, but loved it very quickly once I had bought one because I needed it)

The penny farthing also took some getting used to... ;)

I don't know what the suspension block is, I will have a look and research - thanks!
Do you travel far with it?

I've taken the jump. Raw Lacquer S3L is winging its way to me right this very second on the Ride2Work scheme.

I only really use it for up to around 8 miles but could definately do more.

The suspension block is the black plastic bit that sticks out between the wheels (the little wheels) when folded. It should say, Firm or Soft on it.

I had toruble adapting and felt i was bouncing all over the place when I had the soft

You can use a jubilee clip to 'upgrade' the soft to firm.

This.

Or even the firm to teeth chattering stiff.

how does that work? Just tighten it around the block?