New Brompton

[Lorrie]

Feeling a little happy have just ordered my first Brompton an orange M type 3 speed. Just have to wait now

 

[mickle]

Welcome to the club!

 

[Bromptonaut]

Enjoy!!

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Welcome to the educated and cultured club....

 

[Pale Rider]

Brilliant bikes, the only complaint you regularly hear is the price.

Assuming you're OK with that, you will be delighted.

 

[watchiekong]

Welcome to the fold!

 

[mattobrien]

Enjoy. I have a yellow M 3 speed. Great in the summer, but yellow takes a bit of keeping clean on the cold and wet. Mrs O chose the colour, so le rly didn't consider cleaning.

 

[GM]

If like me, I bet it becomes your No1 bike. Enjoy

 

[Crankarm]

Another one converted. Next.

Which reminds me I have to fix mine.

 

[seadragonpisces]

If like me, I bet it becomes your No1 bike. Enjoy

I hope for the same, I hardly ever use my Beach Cruiser and since I hurt my back about 3 weeks ago I havent ridden my MTB, at all, so am going to put that up for sale, so I can focus on my Brompton when I get it in April.

 

[alicat]

Which reminds me I have to fix mine.

What is it with Bromptons? I ride 16 miles a day at most on mine and something always needs fixing. Right now the derailleur isn't shifting to the small sprocket. I've ordered a new cable, a 1.5mm hex key and a prayer mat.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Which reminds me I have to fix mine.

What is it with Bromptons? I ride 16 miles a day at most on mine and something always needs fixing. Right now the derailleur isn't shifting to the small sprocket. I've ordered a new cable, a 1.5mm hex key and a prayer mat.

That's why I went 3 speed coupled with schlumpf mountain drive. I had a bwr with dérailleur, nowt but a PITA for most of the 19,000 miles I did on it.

If you ride in all weathers and don't have time to pamper the bwr set up every day, it sulks and stops working.

 

[Brommyboy]

Often the dérailleur shifting gets clogged by muck: tuck the wheel under and check the metal slider that operates the shift. Any muck there will prevent the jockey wheel movement. Usually cleaning is better than just renewing!!!

 

[alicat]

I'll have a go at cleaning it - thanks for the tip, Brommyboy. I do need to change the cable because I noticed the housing is split near where the rear wheel tucks under but it will be good to get the gears on my P6R working until I can finish the job next weekend.

Enjoy your bike, Lorrie. I love mine despite feeling it needs more fixing than a 1970s British car.

 

[Brommyboy]

The cable housing plastic covers several layers of metal, so, in itself, is not too urgent. I replaced mine with a non-indexed outer when the outer started trapping the inner, preventing cable movement. The indexed outer swells when it rusts; even if the inner is silicon coated it gets trapped.