Moustache Brompton

[Kell]

Just looking at your brake levers there - are they alright for you?

I read years ago that you should set them up so that, in use, your index fingers form a straight line with your arms. Prevents excessive strain on your wrists.

Yours look a little high. I can't work out whether rotating them down a bit would make them more or less likely to foul in the fold.

 

[12boy]

I've not heard about the finger in a straight line, but I find the moustache bar set up very comfortable, especially compared to a flat bar even with bar ends. I like to grasp the hoods sometimes when climbing off the saddle. I ride five bikes in rotation and they are all set up with either flipped north roads or moustache, but I probably ride the Brompton the most. Being 70 I have retired and don't commute to work so only fold the bike if on the road or for some reason need a ride home but when I do fold it the 58 tooth chain ring is a lot tricker than the bar. My daily 20 is a lot nicer for wrists and hands than the flat bar was even with cork ergons.