Minh: I’m a Brompton owner, and I’ll be happy to help. But your first call should be to Clever Cycles in Portland OR, which is a huge Brompton dealer (I bought mine from them). They worked with me to make a few changes to a stock bicycle, and I’m sure they will be able to tell you if your plans will work.
I had them add a dyno hub and a headlight/taillight to mine, none of which interferes with the fold. They even used the stock front rim and spokes to build a wheel on a new dyno hub as a way to save money. Subsequent to buying the bike, I added a pair of Cane Creek bar-ends (I got the flat “S” bars). They make the bike much more comfortable to ride (more hand positions) and also don’t interfere with the fold. P.S. Call the components “crude,” but at Brompton prices they’re certainly not cheap! P.P.S. I’ve had my Brompton for about a year now without any problems. You’ll like it, but be aware that they take slightly more effort to ride than a standard bike, due to the small wheels. Longest ride on mine so far is about 60 miles. --Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com www.campyonly.com campyonlyguy.blogspot.com > On Nov 28, 2016, at 1:01 PM, Minh <mgiangs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So i've really struggled with a case of the Novembers (longingly eyeing all > the bikes for sale, Bill's Appaloosa, that Ebisu, that Crust, that > Rambler....) and successfully dodged most of them until a Brompton popped up. > I was reminded of my visit a few weeks ago to a Brompton dealer (just as i > was walking by one...) and i was hooked. I think Brompton should do a kick > back program for owners because we attracted a crowd when i went to pick it > up and the seller was showing me the fold-unfold-fold. I have to admit that > there is something fun about riding these bikes, the steering is a handful > until you get used to it, and some of the components are laughingly > cheap/crude but it's a fun ride. > > I think there are some cross-owners of RBW and Brompton, does anyone have a > link to an owners group? I've seen the bromptontalk group on yahoo (too much > noise), but looking for a group more similar to RBW. What i'm hoping to find > is feedback/experiences on changes, with so much folding i'm worried about > making changes that will then affect the folding mechanism. I'm thinking of > swapping in new grips, levers, maybe a saddle but wanted feedback before i > started ordering things. > > Thanks for any pointers, I need to go and practice my folding technique, i'm > way slower than the videos online! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
