I'm glad to hear it worked out well for you
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It took a few phone calls for me to keep him going and even then the bike (not a Brompton) wasn't ready for uplift on the appointed day which meant I had to book into a B&B. After suffering several broken spokes on a tour I had to send the hub to another place to get the wheel built properly with the right rim
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Hmmm, well, tonight I've erm had to get the spokes into tune and true the rim.
The brand spanking new Schwable M+, which I put on by hand only, onto a pre-2013 rim the night before so I didn't need to carry it, was rubbing on the guard. I'd just assumed the stays needed bending a bit, they've needed doing sometimes in the past.
Tonight I had a look and it wasn't seated right in the bead. So I deflated and found an alarming amount of shredded rubber between the tyre and rim. I Carefully removed the tyre, with the original Brompton plastic levers, it was tight to be fair. But using the wave method I got it off with no dramas, only to find the bead showing on a third of the tyre on one side wall. The tyre is farked and in the bin.
I'm going to chillax about it tonight and email him in the morning. He seems a nice enough bloke and I'm sure he'll sort me out a new tyre. It's just overly annoyed me for some reason.
The new frame is really well made and thought out, though the guard stays bolt could do with being 1/2" higher for a bit more clearance on the middle stay. I just took it out and it seems ok and the clearance is good now.
Removing and refitting the wheel is a dream now, QR and undo the click box thumb screw. It's so easy I'll probably run B tyres anyway. The Sun rim looks well, but the box shape requires a little patience when putting on a tyre, but no more than the original B rims.
Overall very very happy, a few niggles but nowt worth really fretting over.
And considering the price of a Rohloff on its own, the kit is a bit of a bargain as the frame is stainless and won't rot through.
