It's the ride and riding position that always catches me out. I love the Brompton's British quirkiness, the lovely arc in the frame, the endless aftermarket parts you can throw at them and that magical fold. But I can barely ride the thing..it's quite twitchy on bumps and the narrow bars you're locked into to make the fold work are deal breaker.*
*See me here in a year when I've forgotten that stuff and buy another Brom! On Friday, March 24, 2023 at 5:26:09 PM UTC-7 Tom Horton wrote: > Patrick > I m on my third folder a brompton > Imo there are better riding bikes in the folder world Bike friday for > example > But no better folder than a brompton > > So comes down to that > > And brompton is surprisingly capable > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 24, 2023, at 11:58 AM, Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks, all; good information. I see various used Bromptons on eBay in the > 1400-1600 range. OTOH, I also see reasons for putting that $ into fixing up > that Libertas (fixed with 38 mm RH tires!), since the immediate interest in > a Brompton is an Amtrak trip and I learned that you can wheel full bikes > onto their trains; the Libertas would be a nice riding but still somewhat > disposable "nice beater." At any rate, much up in air but the Brompton > aspect of question is much clarified. Thanks. > > On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 6:39 PM Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Scouting options at this point. Just curious if anyone has a very simple >> model in good condition for sale and, if so, what is condition and how much >> is it? For last-</= 5 mile transportation with modest loads. Would prefer >> single speed but will consider 3 speed; prefer no derailleurs. >> >> Can you fixify Brompton drivetrains? >> >> What do you have? >> >> Thanks, Patrick >> >> -- >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- > > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgs-4iNEk5A5_Sf5GDRtN0XiEwdGSVBHWaPWFevHUHYCNQ%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgs-4iNEk5A5_Sf5GDRtN0XiEwdGSVBHWaPWFevHUHYCNQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5867088a-f10f-4f23-b4c6-5101197c0c6dn%40googlegroups.com.
