c-racer

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• Brompton owners

  in General • 2 months

  

  If those grips in your photo are GE1: They're mounted the wrong way around

• Josh's bikes

  in Current Projects • 4 months

  

  Thanks! Thats good to know. I might try that when I need a new cassette ... :)

• Josh's bikes

  in Current Projects • 4 months

  

  That CdF looks great!

  How'd you convince that 9-speed rear derailleur to shift a 11-42 cassette?
  I've got some bikes with 10 speed setups (various road levers) and 9 speed mtb derailleurs (like yours) too and i always thought that those derailleurs could only take a 36 or maybe 38t cassette?

• Brompton owners

  in General • 4 months, 2 weeks

  

  Does anyone have bad experience with rollerblade wheels?
  Theres a decathlon nearby and I could get some ball-bearing wheels there for about 10 Euros, without postage and online ordering ... :)

• Brompton owners

  in General • 4 months, 3 weeks

  

  This one? https://www.braucycles.com/

• Brompton owners

  in General • 4 months, 3 weeks

  

  So, after some research my used Brompton seems to be from 2002.
  Thanks again to @infmz : I found the clip as a spare part in a local shop and put it on without any issues :)

  While I was able to service and adjust the headset to be wobble-free, I suspect that somewhere in the not too distant future i might want to change it to a threaded one with exchangeable cartridge bearings (e.g. Tange Falcon).

  After some attention and cleaning the brakes are moving again and they're braking... sort of :D
  Are there any recommended brakes to upgrade the 2002 stock ones?
  Simply search for current Brompton ones, or something else?
  (I had some tricolor Koolstop Brake pads that i put on already, so the pad quality is not the issue anymore...)
  Theyre hella flexy (=caliper parts flex forwards under hard braking) and while I can live with them for flat riding, I'd like to have some good brakes...

• Brompton owners

  in General • 4 months, 3 weeks

  

  Thank you! That's probably the best option. But first, I'll try to fix the wobbly headset and the deathtrap brakes, before i throw money at it. :)

• Brompton owners

  in General • 4 months, 3 weeks

  

  Through very much luck I might soon be the new owner of a very old Brompton that was offered to me so cheaply that i could not say no...

  Of course it's completely reasonable to think about modifications already, innit? :D

  Dont know the exact age yet. But it is old enough that the IGH is still a Sachs Torpedo and not a Sturmey Archer and it doesn't have the securing clip for the rear triangle at the seat clamp yet.

  Therefore my first question is:
  Can I retrofit this securing clip to an older bike?
  If so, what part or brand is preferable? There seems to be a jungle of fancy third party stuff...

• 2020 Riese & Müller Tinker Vario CX Refurbish/Refinement

  in Current Projects • 1 year, 6 months

  

  Hm... could one somehow build a mcgyver-return spring assembly, that sits like an inline-barrel adjuster somewhere convenient along the housing? a gap in the cable outer and the 2 end ferrules have some spring thing between them?
  

• 2020 Riese & Müller Tinker Vario CX Refurbish/Refinement

  in Current Projects • 1 year, 6 months

  

  Would like to know that, too :)
  I service a cargo bike with this (the older) enviolo shifter and about every 2-3000km the shifter manages to mangle the cable inside the shifter housing. i think the bend between the barrel adjusters and the inside of the shifter is too narrow/sharp in longterm use.