chriscross1966
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Has anyone ever actually needed any of those tools they carry with them on a Brompton while away from home?
Genuine question - I can understand taking tools for a multi-day tour, but not for a day ride.
To come back to this. In 2017 I bought a new Brompton. It came with the same old apology for a pump as before. Last year I got a slow puncture and used the supplied pump as a get-me-home measure. It just about got 30psi into the tyre, after 100 pumps. That was just about tolerable for a 15 minute ride through Hyde Park. I'd have been better taking the tube, even though it would have involved two deep-level lines at rush hour.They've upgraded it!
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No they haven't - that's the same pile of poo as used to be supplied with the bike. It's probably still in the garage somewhere. If I get around to it I'll try it out and report back
24 years of Bromptoneering and I've never had to tighten the luggage block, and have had so few punctures that any investment in a portable pump would have been a waste if time. Any tool takes up valuable bag space.Yep.. luggage blocks spontaneously loosen and that endangers your headlight, also the spanner and tyre levers are invaluable in puncture situations. Folks having issues with a Brompton pump need a Zefal Z-Hose in their lives, being able to pump with the pump head on the floor transforms that pump and the Z-hose gets you a pressure gauge...
Yeah, and when you're in the workshop putting the rear wheel in, use the same spanner... doing it up with a standard length spanner will make it hard to get off with the kit one in an emergency....I agree an OTG tool-kit lite is worth having - mine resembles @12boy -
Wasn't sure what the spanner was for @chriscross1966 when you get a puncture on a brommie .....?
Gotta have a 15 mm wrench for the axle nuts. Mine is a cut down one with a wooden handle which allows for more pressure without hurting the hand. I see I cdidnt metion it above.
Tis 15 mm, just checked.