N+1 Got my brompton this afternoon

[GrumpyGregry]

Singlespeed S-type version L in steel, with an O bag on a sage green mainframe with claret extremities... thank you Brixton Cycles...

...and under my desk at work is a Kinetics 8 speed Sturmey-Archer conversion kit.

 

[StuartG]

Shouldn't have posted that Greg. I'm sharpening my boltcutters and booking my Horsham train ticket. Be afraid, be very afraid.

I'll be the one with a black spray can in my other pocket ...

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Shouldn't have posted that Greg. I'm sharpening my boltcutters and booking my Horsham train ticket. Be afraid, be very afraid.

I'll be the one with a black spray can in my other pocket ...

I'll see your boltcutters and raise you my Datatag, postcode marking and Fahgettaboudit lock

 

[Night Train]

Singlespeed S-type version L in steel, with an O bag on a sage green mainframe with claret extremities... thank you Brixton Cycles...

...and under my desk at work is a Kinetics 8 speed Sturmey-Archer conversion kit.

Oooohhh! Photos please, especially of the SA 8 speed conversion. I fancy doing that to mine too.

 

[smokeysmoo]

 

[MontyVeda]

LOL... there's gotta be a t-shirt in there somewhere

 

[Banjo]

Very jealous. Enjoy the Brommie. Didnt know you could get a sturmey archer 8 speed, would suit my needs very well. N +1 not an option for me just now though.

 

[Night Train]

The Kinetics kit sounds good.
http://www.kinetics.org.uk/html/8-speed.shtml

Just thinking of getting a hub from the USA for about £110 and doing it myself.

 

[zigzag]

excellent Greg! it's going to be ready for touring with 8 gears. if single speed wheel/hub becomes redundant, i might be interested in it

 

[GrumpyGregry]

The Kinetics kit sounds good.
http://www.kinetics....l/8-speed.shtml

Just thinking of getting a hub from the USA for about £110 and doing it myself.

the mods needed to the chain tensioner put me off the DIY route so I went with Kinetics. Delivery was about 3 weeks.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

excellent Greg! it's going to be ready for touring with 8 gears. if single speed wheel/hub becomes redundant, i might be interested in it

I toured a bit on my old 3 speed. I'm quite impressed with the subtle improvements Brompton have made in the last 10 years, just little things but they all add up.

Watch this space for potential rear wheel redundancy!

 

[Arch]

the mods needed to the chain tensioner put me off the DIY route so I went with Kinetics. Delivery was about 3 weeks.

Ah. Those of us familiar with NT know that 'modifications required' are unlikely to put him off....

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Ah. Those of us familiar with NT know that 'modifications required' are unlikely to put him off....

So I understand. But I hope he has time on his hands; Ben at Kinetics is on the Mk. VI version of his kit and it still ain't perfect.

 

[Night Train]

the mods needed to the chain tensioner put me off the DIY route so I went with Kinetics. Delivery was about 3 weeks.

Do you know what sort of mod they needed to do?

 

[dellzeqq]

Greg - Susie is looking at Bromptons. Let us know how the 8-speed goes, because the standard 6-speed has two gears that you'd only use on a cliff face....