A possible Brompton purchase

[Fab Foodie]

I am waiting until I get the bike before I pick any luggage. I may just go for the bracket and the frame in the front and see if I can fit any of my current bags to it - the Brompton bags are not cheap (but then what is in Brompton-land)

This is my plan.
I have a spare SQR block that I can get Brompton Seat-post style clips for so that allows adding a saddle-bag. I could also use a beam rack too....
On the front I might also get an S-type frame and fit another of my large Saddle-bag collection to that .... choices, choices!
With the M-type you get far more flexibility in front luggage though.

 

[cisamcgu]

Oh, oh, oh ... I just got a call - it has arrived !!!!!

I will pick it up either tonight or tomorrow afternoon - I can't wait.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Oh, oh, oh ... I just got a call - it has arrived !!!!!

I will pick it up either tonight or tomorrow afternoon - I can't wait.

Fab!
Let the addiction begin!

 

[cisamcgu]

It is home, it is beautiful and is called Billy

Picked it up this afternoon from Evans in Liverpool. When I ordered it there was an offer of £100 of accessories with a bike purchase, but this excluded Bromptons. When I went to pick it u,p it turns out there is an offer of £100 rebate if you give them an old bike in exchange, but I had already paid for the Brompton. I pointed out to the chap that I was unlucky to miss out on both these offers, but he said the computer wouldn't let him take the discount from a bike already paid for but if I buy something he will give me the £100 rebate off that item (without even bringing in a rusty old bike) - so I am the proud owner of a C-type Brompton bag for the princely sum of £5

Mrs and Miss Cisamcgu are vaguley impressed

Also, I seem to have entered the Brompton World Championships on 1st August in London - so I better get training

What an excellent day

 

[The Jogger]

Have you worked out the gears yet, I just got a H6L and haven't got a clue?

 

[cisamcgu]

I have only had a very brief ride, but when I borrowed one a few months ago the gears seemed pretty simple, so I am hoping I won't have any problems

 

[The Jogger]

Confirms it, I'm just thick

 

[annedonnelly]

Confirms it, I'm just thick

What problems do you have with the gears? I manage mine ok unless I muck up the adjustment when refitting the wheel.

 

[The Jogger]

How the ratio works going from low to high not the same as my other bikes.

 

[Fab Foodie]

How the ratio works going from low to high not the same as my other bikes.

From bottom to top you kinda have to go ...


1st = Left down/Right Down
2nd = Left Up
3rd = Right Up/Left Down
4th = Left Up
5th = Right Up/Left Down
6th = .Left Up

I tend to think of it as 3 big jumps with the Right Hand (hub) and small intermediate jumps with the left (derailieur). Some gears require a double shift. It soon becomes second nature!

 

[cisamcgu]

I have the Shimano dynahub. I haven't really got to grips with it but it has a single switch on the front light. Turn that on and pedal and both lights come on, after pedalling for about 2 minutes, stop pedalling turn the switch to off and the lights stay on for about 3 minutes. I guess this is a capacitor discharging - is this the expected behaviour ?

Andrew

 

[Pale Rider]

I have the Shimano dynahub. I haven't really got to grips with it but it has a single switch on the front light. Turn that on and pedal and both lights come on, after pedalling for about 2 minutes, stop pedalling turn the switch to off and the lights stay on for about 3 minutes. I guess this is a capacitor discharging - is this the expected behaviour ?

Andrew

Yes, it's so when you stop at traffic lights or a junction your rear light stays on.

 

[cisamcgu]

Even when the lights are switched off ? But then again, I suppose it doesn't really matter and the capacitor has to discharge somewhere

Thanks

 

[Fab Foodie]

Even when the lights are switched off ? But then again, I suppose it doesn't really matter and the capacitor has to discharge somewhere

Thanks

Yep!

 

[Pale Rider]

Even when the lights are switched off ? But then again, I suppose it doesn't really matter and the capacitor has to discharge somewhere

Thanks

Ah, I see what you mean about the lights staying on after you've switched them off.

I'm no electrical engineer, but I suspect the capacitor cannot hold charge like a battery, so it will discharge itself.