Now that a Brompton thread has been started, I have a question for Bay Area Brompton riders. Is it worth it to get the -12% gearing on a 6 speed Brompton in the bay area or is the standard gearing just fine? Turns out my wife now wants to get me a Brompton for Christmas since I have to stay a little later on campus next semester. Brompton's are bus-able and I hesitate to let my Sam ride on the front of a bus. That may be a silly reason but what do I care... N+1!
Thoughts? John On Monday, November 28, 2016 at 1:01:56 PM UTC-8, Minh 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. 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.
