Brompton Maintenance

[mjr]

Those red ones are excellent and good value

So aren't they the same ones that "get glazed over" and need replacing "quite often"?

 

[T4tomo]

What the feck do evans do for a £140 service?? Daylight robbery.

The main thing is to keep things clean and lubed reasonably regularly and watch for cables starting to fray so you can replace in time. Every now and again you need new chain and sprocket. All of that is pretty easy to do yourself with a bit of you tube video help.

I thought I needed a new chain as mine kept chain sucking last night despite it been lubed in the morning
Turns out it was just very filthy with london commuting gunk. A good GT 85 clean and re lube and it was fine.

 

[srw]

What the feck do evans do for a £140 service?? Daylight robbery.

IIRC, that price includes replacing the workings of the main hinge, which involves specialist equipment, care and quite a lot of time.

It's the main failing of the design of Bromptons, particularly the modern ones.

 

[jay clock]

+1 for keep on top of the cleaning and maintenance. My plan is to replace the pads every 1000-1500k, and cables I will simply do every 2 years as I rely on the bike for commuting several days a week.

 

[beaker_72]

Some really useful advice on this thread, one more question from me:

watch for cables starting to fray so you can replace in time.

Are there particular parts of the cables I should be focusing on? I'm thinking probably the areas where they connect to control levers or the bits of the bike they actually operate.

 

[T4tomo]

Some really useful advice on this thread, one more question from me:

Are there particular parts of the cables I should be focusing on? I'm thinking probably the areas where they connect to control levers or the bits of the bike they actually operate.

Yes where they connect to controls at the handlebars is the main place they go

 

[T4tomo]

Having just replace both brake cables, I see that the standard Brompton cables are now made by Jagwire, and a big improvement on the 2005+ ones. Which used to wear a bit, especially the gear cables. The jag wires should last a lot longer I reckon.