CopperBrompton
Bicycle: a means of transport between cake-stops
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Freewheeling is drama-free; pedalling, I wouldn't do it for more than a few turns of the pedal, else Dan would likely be right. :-)How far?
Freewheeling is drama-free; pedalling, I wouldn't do it for more than a few turns of the pedal, else Dan would likely be right. :-)How far?
I bought one of these last week via cyclescheme and I'm hugely disappointed. I have been riding a Tern Uno for the last few months and it is fine. Apart from the magnet which doesn't really hold it together very well, it is a nice bike. First time out on the Brompton I nearly died twice because the pedal hit the ground going around corners, nearly pitching me into the path of oncoming traffic. It took about 3 times as long as the Tern to fold and unfold. There's no stand and, with the bag fitted to the front, flipping the back wheel under resulted in the bike falling over unless I held it all the time. The steering is incredibly twitchy...one hand riding is not really an option.
For £1105...I feel ripped off.
Sell it on ebay they sell well.
Next time do a lot more research and you won't feel ripped off. It sounds like your mistake and not Bromptons.
It's not obligatory to like Bromptons. I can see they are a bit of an acquired taste. @User482 doesn't get on with them either whereas I bought one a month or so ago and after 40 odd years of cycling and a fleet of many fine bicycle think it's the best thing since sliced bread. More smiles per mile than any other bike I've had since I was a kid and getting far more use than I ever expected.
Which model did you get?
Maybe it's worth a bit more perseverance or as TMN says sell it and you'll recoup a large amount of your costs for another bike. Try before you buy though!
You're riding a bike with 16-inch wheels, you're closer to the ground, but surely every cyclist on any bike learns very early on to keep the inside pedal high when leant over hard?
I bought one of these last week via cyclescheme and I'm hugely disappointed. I have been riding a Tern Uno for the last few months and it is fine. Apart from the magnet which doesn't really hold it together very well, it is a nice bike. First time out on the Brompton I nearly died twice because the pedal hit the ground going around corners, nearly pitching me into the path of oncoming traffic. It took about 3 times as long as the Tern to fold and unfold. There's no stand and, with the bag fitted to the front, flipping the back wheel under resulted in the bike falling over unless I held it all the time. The steering is incredibly twitchy...one hand riding is not really an option.
For £1105...I feel ripped off.
Reilly? Most people rate that aspect very highly.
I quite like Bromptons. However I've always felt they are massively over engineered. The material on the main tube is far thicker than it needs to be.
It's a fair old length when unfolded so needs to be strong. It's the side effect of an old and outdated design that they refuse to update. In some ways Brompton are slaves to their own 'coolness' as the design is so set in stone they probably feel an update would be a betrayal to tradition or some other such gibberish, despite it probably resulting in a better bike.
Swap the pedals? I use cheapo single-sided SPDs on mine and it's fine.I really wasn't leaning very far over and I was peddling, rather than free-wheeling. It's the folding pedal that is the particular problem because the design is such that there's a big lump of metal above and below the pedal. Never happened on my Tern but that is 20".
You're going to go far, son.True, although they could sell far more bikes if they did a new version, as all the cool people would HAVE to buy the new one as well. They could market them as the "Brompton Traditional" and "New Brompton".
Whatever they did to the new Les Paul it wasn't drop the price.Reminds me of the Gibson Les Paul guitar. They made some updates to the 55 year old design this year and are being flayed alive for it on Internet forums...and they are not selling well.
Whatever they did to the new Les Paul it wasn't drop the price.