AndyRM
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You've made a lovely job of that!
A 110mm JIS BB works in place of the 119mm ISO BB. I have tried it and both taper engagement and chainline are very good. Obviously Brompton want you to buy a new chainset.
I had a delivery today. @EltonFrog is to blame, once I saw his, I had to have one.
What a lovely bit of kit, expensive at £65 but definitely worth it, I love the way it fits into the frame tube.
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I am fully addicted now, next purchase is going to have to be one of these, £85 is a bit strong though.
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He’s talking about a Brooks C17 on the main forum.
Looks tarty but will it actually give better performance than the standard item? Was only recently thinking about how elegant and functional the simple standard rubber bush is tbh. I'm a sucker for shiny bits but am yet to be convinced by these..I am fully addicted now, next purchase is going to have to be one of these, a Matumura Kohki Scrowave Suspension Spring £85 is a bit strong though.
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Mine came with a Quad lock mount too - looks like a decent unit however the seller had lost the little rubber bushes that sit between the mount and bars and sourcing some at a reasonable price seems... taxing. Further it seems that no off-the-shelf adaptor exists to fit my Polar device to this mount (which is what I want to use it for; screw the phone) so best case so far seems to be to buy a Polar insert for something else and 3D print some horror to lash the two together.You’ve got it bad, ain’t ya? What’s the deal with that?
I recently bought a Quad Lock for mine, I got fed up with taking the phone out of my pocket to check the navigation when we were cycling along the Danube.
You jest but tbh it's been absolutely fapping hectic - with the earlier starts, lack of sleep, longer days (granted mostly because of convenient city pub-access), sub-optimal bike / luggage / clothing situation, indecision burnout about how to resolve these and 20 miles on top of the working day..@wafter has been very quiet, I think the stress of Brompton ownership has tipped him over the edge.
lol - I'm not going to lie - it's such a nice, virtuous little thing that I'm affording myself a few indulgences (on top of the not inconsiderable purchase price).He’s caught the disease as well!
I think I have found out why the bike was squeaking and creaking so much, I decided to strip and have a look at the suspension block and it was very loose.
I stripped it, cleaned everything and applied plenty of silicone grease to the mating surfaces, the shaft and also wiped the block in grease. Hopefully this should permanently solve it, this worked on my old Brompton, the rubber drys out and creaks.
I have also ordered a frame decal and BB protector off Ali Express for peanuts (about £8.00), which should just tidy the cosmetics up a bit.
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