Youse guys are so lucky.....

[12boy]

I was unable to replace a seat post and sleeve successfully myself and was a little intimidated to try overhauling the rear triangle hinge so I had this work done by a shop I order parts from who seemed decent. The seat post issue, which included a new post as I had ovalized the old one through overtightening , and the hinge issue cost about 180.00 US., including labor. That wasn`t so bad, but postage and time spent in mailing and building a box good enough to mail the bike in was about 3 weeks and another 140.00. Must be mighty nice to go somewhere local and get it done easily.

 

[further]

Don't you have lbs in America ?

 

[mjr]

Don't you have lbs in America ?

http://crazypedaler.com ?

 

[Cycleops]

Isn’t the rear triangle a specialist job? An LBS in the States is often several hundred miles down the road.

 

[12boy]

The crazy pedaller is an lbs a few miles from my place and there is another a mile away but reaming seat post inserts, expanding overtightened seat post clamps and reaming hinge spindle bushings on a Brompton is not where their experience lies. Perhaps I was wrong but I preferred a shop that does this routinely and is a Brompton specialist. Not complaining about the charges for parts and labor, just pointing out how nice it must be to have an lbs at hand. However, since I can not go to one easily and drool over, and test ride jazzier versions, with 6 speeds or ti forks and rear triangles, maybe it's not all bad.

 

[mjr]

I'd missed that it was a Brompton and not any old folder.

I don't think we have a Brompton dealer in town, but it'd only be an hour's train+bike ride for me to get to one. I can see why not having those as widespread probably sucks, even if it does avoid some upgrade-lust.

 

[Bill]

I looked at that cycle shop link above and judging by the cycles it seems to cater for cheap looking mountain bikes, as I did not see many fitted mudguards....