steveindenmark
Legendary Member
All these little fiddly things is what you sit and practice in the living room on cold Winter nights. It is how you get to know your bike. Then you get to realise how simple it is. :0)
All these little fiddly things is what you sit and practice in the living room on cold Winter nights. It is how you get to know your bike. Then you get to realise how simple it is. :0)
not true - it's a great idea heavily compromised by poor detailing.Thanks for the responses. I'm aware that my first post here is a bit negative but I needed to vent
In response to some of the comments - I did try before buying...but just a quick run around the bike shop car park - not really enough to find the issues I have found since picking up my actual bike. I was largely going on the reputation for quality - it just never occurred to me I would have an issue. When I discussed it with the guy in the shop he said nobody else had ever complained about anything to do with the Brompton ever and he has sold about 10 a day for the last 40 years (I may be exaggerating slightly). I'm the first person ever in the history of time to not completely love them, he said.
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can I recommend the higher gear option, particularly with the six speed? Top still isn't much use on a long downhill, but it's just great on a flat road when you're in company.I would recommend the lower gearing option (44t Chainring) Been back in Bristol with mine tonight with the lowered gearing since my last visit - much better on the hills, much more usable.
You can.can I recommend the higher gear option, particularly with the six speed? Top still isn't much use on a long downhill, but it's just great on a flat road when you're in company.
Odd. I've never been passed by anyone on a Brompton. I've passed plenty of them though, both on my old Tern Link and on the Tern Joe P24 I have now. The latter is an unfair comparison though as it looks and rides like a standard full size mountain bike, no Brompton owner has a hope of keeping up unless they're a cyclist of very high quality. It needs to be said though that I cycle at a fair old speed. In my view, if you're not making an effort and out of breath, it defeats half the object of cycling. Cycling as exercise is as important to me as cycling to get from A to B, whether it's on a folder or not.
You do realise that you are disagreeing with a post that is nearly two years old, posted by someone last seen 18 months ago?
Or maybe -- like me, who remembers the original thread -- they'll wonder what the hell that 'rebuttal' was all about. Especially given the fresh posts that triggered the alert that brought me here.In fairness, if anyone new reads the thread now that it's active again, then at least they'll see a rebuttal to the argument.
All these little fiddly things is what you sit and practice in the living room on cold Winter nights. It is how you get to know your bike. Then you get to realise how simple it is. :0)