Mr_T_Wales
Regular
Hi all - I'm looking for some advice. I have a nice 6 speed Brompton and where I now live has a fair few hills, so it's a struggle sometimes. I've literally never used the higher gears so I'm thinking of changing the chain ring to something smaller as I don't care about riding fast.
After looking into this, my my bike has the older crankset and bottom bracket so I'd need to do some replacing.
Right now, I'm thinking of this (plus a new bottom bracket, plus some tools as I only have a crank remover) https://brilliantbikes.co.uk/brompt...pton-crankset-with-44t-spider-chainwheel.html
My chain is fairly new, as are the rear sprocket things, so I'm hoping I could remove some chain links and get away with not changing the sprockets. Not sure if this is sensible?
My real question is whether I can go lower than 44T. This is the lowest that I can see for specific Brompton kits, but I wonder how much difference it will make. Something like 38T or 40T would be better if it would work and not mess up the folding etc.
Any advice would be great!
After looking into this, my my bike has the older crankset and bottom bracket so I'd need to do some replacing.
Right now, I'm thinking of this (plus a new bottom bracket, plus some tools as I only have a crank remover) https://brilliantbikes.co.uk/brompt...pton-crankset-with-44t-spider-chainwheel.html
My chain is fairly new, as are the rear sprocket things, so I'm hoping I could remove some chain links and get away with not changing the sprockets. Not sure if this is sensible?
My real question is whether I can go lower than 44T. This is the lowest that I can see for specific Brompton kits, but I wonder how much difference it will make. Something like 38T or 40T would be better if it would work and not mess up the folding etc.
Any advice would be great!