I am trying to post a few pics of my e*ay folder on holiday.
The bike was bearable on the flat but discovered a problem on hills, in as much as the front wheel "lifts off" on steep climbs!
Often found myself inadvertently doing wheelies!
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Folding bike on holiday
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OK, where did the pics go???
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Nope that doesn.t work either. Is there a sticky somewhere on how to post photos? doesn't come up on a search.
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I like the deserted roads: I'm sure you did too!
Did you not try standing on the pedals going uphill? My wee Raleigh will withstand that.
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That's one of the benefits of the Brompton front luggage system although I find it's less of a problem with the long wheel base S type.
I can't tell if its the wheel base or the bars since I have an SWB M type and two LWB S types but no LWB M type.
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What folding bike do people recommend?
I tried a Brompton yesterday but didn't get on with it - I had to put the saddle up to its highest adjustment, and that made the handlebars ludicrously low down, I felt like I was bent double and very precariously balanced.
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There are three types of handlebars. M, S and P type.
A friend in Glasgow is about 7ft and has ridden Bromptons for years.
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Nice looking holiday.
Any one else expecting pictures of wfb in his shorts in Portugal?
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That's Dave. I thought he was more than 6'6".
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"That's Dave"
Yellow jacket.
"I thought he was more than 6'6"."
Can't believe everything you read on the Internet...
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Another nice picture. And thanks for the advice!
It's probably just that I don't like bending forwards when cycling. Thanks also for the link to the Folding Society - I'm now window-shopping Tern bikes...Posted 12 years ago # -
Dave took over our garage a few years ago when he had a fire.
I had some bike frames, boxes of bits and three racks for the front of busses.
His back garden gate is remote controlled and slides down into the ground like something from Thunderbirds.
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My ears are burning - I'm 0.002Km tall and tip the scales at 0.11Tonnes, but would like to get back to 0.1T or slightly less.
GVW of rig in the picture exceeded 250Kg (0.25T) with me aboard but happily chugged along at 10-15mph (1-speed hub)
Looks like a frog you are riding or a copy of similar. Same problem with them as i had with Bickerton - rear wheel contact is almost directly beneath saddle when extended for tall riders - Brompton does not have this problem - w/b is longer than most touring bikes.
Arellcat has lifted up her bars with proprietary unit, and word is that Brompton is introducing a raised steerer hinge casting - adding packing sleeve between headset top race and clamp position. I believe that this will boost ground to 'bar clamp height by up to 60mm, without a significant increase in the folded envelope size.
Bike in picture has the development model of extending seatpost, now a standard item.
Arellcat and I are both trained Mechanical Engineers (commissions accepted?), so we know a bit about this sort of thing, although her modifications look much nicer than my blacksmith-quality jobs, and she cleans her Brompton occasionally.
Gate is sadly non functioning at present as the upper limit switch failed to shut off the power and it bent a bit before current overload tripped (winch rated at 250Kg lifting but 1000Kg hauling) I need to rebuild the winch mounting with better limit setting features, but hey that was the first attempt - now I would save a load of cash by not using the expensive remote control box for automatic gates.
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I don't think the Frog suffers from front wheel lift? Not that I've ever ridden one. They look like this:
RM frog by ridhwan arief, on FlickrThat's the original. Pic of the new version here:
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Thanks for sorting out the pictures. By standing up and leaning right over the handlebars I could get up quite steep gradients but if I had to stop for any reason (sheep/deer in road) then it was impossible to get going again without tipping backwards. Great fun though! The seat is almost directly over the rear wheel, but it was better than no bike at all and the scenery up north was spectacular!
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Brompton have indeed introduced a higher handlebar. The H type.
http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/brompton-launches-new-luggage-and-handlebars-at-eurobike/011795
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cc 'What folding bike do people recommend?'
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grasshopper
folds down to not much bigger than the size of an unfolded Brompton :)
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Wait 'til Optima brings out its folding Baron lowracer. :)
The Brompton is still unbeatable for wedging into luggage spaces on buses and trains, but it can be quite a tough ride outside the seemingly glass smooth metropolis of London. A Birdy is probably the ideal compromise machine for Edinburgh.
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