http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: brompton - Recent Topics en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:42:01 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18190#post-262242 Sat, 30 Sep 2017 18:14:15 +0000 Rosie 262242@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Brompton Recalls All Bikes Made in the Last Three Years</p> <p>Bike maker Brompton has been metaphorically knocked into the kerb by the dirty white van of fate, as it's been forced to recall all of the bikes it made over the last three years.</p> <p>That's 144,000 of the folding bikes, which need to be brought back in to have the bottom bracket -- the bit the pedals go through down at the underneath there -- replaced. It's quite a stroke of bad luck for the company, which says as few as one in 5,000 bikes have so far reported a problem, but seeing as it's a problem that could jam up the pedals and suddenly throw a rider off, it's been deemed serious enough to warrant a full recall.</p> <p>The specific part in question is the FAG Bottom Bracket cartridge, which users can check on the company's web site to see if they have, while listening to an apology and explanation from Brompton CEO Will Butler-Adams. If a bike was built between April of 2014 and May 2017 it's going to need to be taken back to a retailer to have its bracket swapped out. [Brompton via Telegraph]</p> <p><a href="http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2017/09/brompton-recalls-all-bikes-made-in-the-last-three-years/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2017/09/brompton-recalls-all-bikes-made-in-the-last-three-years/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17329#post-240488 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 00:42:42 +0000 rbrtwtmn 240488@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Am I missing anything? I think the following will work - but I thought I'd ask...</p> <p>Year 2000(ish) Brompton (plus or minus a few years). 5 Speed hub. Chain, sprocket, chainwheel all badly worn - and rear rim now dead. Hub doesn't select hardest gear so may be a little in need of attention. Has been gathering dust for 5 years but is being called back into service.</p> <p>Bike shop option requires new rim - and new chain/sprocket/chainwheel... but chainwheel of that size no longer available. So then not just chainwheel required but because of new design therefore cranks, and various other bits... whereupon it looks like we may as well just invest in a new wheel and maybe even a new bike for the rapidly mounting costs.</p> <p>But a new solution has appeared. My parents bought Bromptons not long after ours - so maybe 2003-6?? They had three speeds and used them sparingly - and not so long ago had these converted to something newfangled. The result is that we now have from them an old rear wheel, 3 speed, chain tensioner, sealed bottom bracket, chainwheel and cranks. So a full power train. </p> <p>My assumption is that if we clean these up (they are in good condition) and drop them into the shop (or fit myself for that matter) the bike will be nearly as good as new (other than that now 3 speed). Only thing I don't have is the chain.</p> <p>Anything I'm missing? Odd spacing differences? Chain size no longer available? Differences in bottom bracket size? Can't get the bolts to attach the cranks to the bb?</p> <p>Thanks for your thoughts. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13391#post-164222 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 22:07:42 +0000 Greenroofer 164222@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fed up with jousting with out-of-control dogs on the towpath? Here's an alternative solution to canal travel with a bike...</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A9_5BMcI5Y">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A9_5BMcI5Y</a> </p>