Brompton rattle

[Fields Electric]

If the rattle is in sympathy with the holes in the road. Start looking at the bottom swivel bush. I seem to replace mine every 3 years or so. When it goes it sounds like someone tapping the frame with a hammer.

 

[EltonFrog]

The Bromptons rattle, and it seems a mystery as to why. What fell off? I would think I'd have to lose something substantial for one of them to stop rattling. That said if I hit certain roads and it was quiet it would scare the hell outta me.

Nothing fell off, it was a joke.

 

[berlinonaut]

There is probably a reason why these stickers exist :

 

[Kell]

It’s possible to lose something significant and not really notice.

I lost my pump about 6 months after getting the bike.

I heard something fall off and bounce along the road, but assumed it was a light - as that’s the usual culprit.

Checked my light and couldn’t find anything on the road.

Didn’t realise it was the pump till months later when I needed it.

I know exactly where it was (top end of Hyde Park) but can only assume that it bounced on the road and then up the kerb into the grass - which is why I couldn't see it at the time.

Didn’t bother replacing it with another Brompton specific one, I now carry one in my bag instead.

 

[brommieinkorea]

Nothing fell off, it was a joke.

Wait what? Your Brompton stopped rattling and nothing has fallen off ? I frequently check for loose and missing stuff, but a Brompton that does not rattle has to be defective.

 

[Tenkaykev]

It was a couple of years before I realised that the faint sound of a distant turbine that I heard every time I cycled my Brommie along a particular stretch of country lane was in fact wind blowing through the spokes and reverberating of the banks on either side of the road🤔