Kell
Veteran
- Location
- High Wycombe/London
Yup - not sure how you missed that they are full hydraulic. Can't argue with the price comment though.
Prototype 20" Brompton
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Yup - not sure how you missed that they are full hydraulic. Can't argue with the price comment though.
They’ve managed to fit hydraulic disc brakes that feel like cables
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
I popped in to St John St Cycles today and had a quick look at the G line. My first thought was that it is something special, but not a Brompton.
I hadn't realised how much the compactness of the original is the essence of the thing to me.
I hadn't realised how much the compactness of the original is the essence of the thing to me.
EltonFrog
Legendary Member
I said get a green one.
And I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again,
It is a widely acknowledged truth that proprietors of Racing Green Bromptons are the epitome of discernment and erudition.
Perhaps, but the red ones are faster...
me too
Schwinnsta
Über Member
- Location
- New Orleans, LA USA
Still think it should have been designed around 18 - 355 tires.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
When i bought mine, it only came in Blue & Titanium ..very Model T Ford in those days....
tds101
Grumpy old man waiting for the weather to ride...
- Location
- New York, USA
It would have been a smaller fold, but they we're definitely shooting for a gravel bike with this on... (I don't really like posting/commenting on the other site because of you-know-who)
Richard Fairhurst
Guru
- Location
- Charlbury, the Cotswolds
I think Airnimal Chameleon owners could tell you of the difficulties of weird rare tyre sizes! The great thing about 20in is that you can find it pretty much anywhere.
Schwinnsta
Über Member
- Location
- New Orleans, LA USA
There is that, but it puts you into a much larger and heavier bike. Perhaps with both Brompton and Birdy using them, that size would become more popular.
Well I tried this over the weekend. I am 6ft and a 31.5 inside leg.
The medium felt exactly like a C line Brompton, slightly cramped and everything a bit more tucked in. If I was to get this I would definitely rotate the bars up to get some more height and reach, even fit a riser bar.
The large felt, well large, but I could move around a lot more and with the Brompton bars angled back its just slightly, too big. I would want the bars about 5mm more back to be perfect.
However, if you ride it like a normal bike, as opposed to sit back and enjoy the scenery, the large allows a bit more weight over the front.
Neither size is really right for me, but the large requires less tweaking and doesn't feel small, but like a proper bike.
I rode the cobbles in Covent Garden and could not feel them, its just a blast to ride.
The medium felt exactly like a C line Brompton, slightly cramped and everything a bit more tucked in. If I was to get this I would definitely rotate the bars up to get some more height and reach, even fit a riser bar.
The large felt, well large, but I could move around a lot more and with the Brompton bars angled back its just slightly, too big. I would want the bars about 5mm more back to be perfect.
However, if you ride it like a normal bike, as opposed to sit back and enjoy the scenery, the large allows a bit more weight over the front.
Neither size is really right for me, but the large requires less tweaking and doesn't feel small, but like a proper bike.
I rode the cobbles in Covent Garden and could not feel them, its just a blast to ride.
Kell
Veteran
- Location
- High Wycombe/London
I wonder if you rode the same one I did.
Did it have the continental tyres or the pimply ones?
Did it have the continental tyres or the pimply ones?
