Bromptons are not the only fruit (or "Oranges are not the only Brompton")
1 lurker |
26 watchers
Jan 2014
8:11pm, 13 Jan 2014
17,180 posts
|
Lizzie W
m.facebook.com
|
Feb 2014
5:16pm, 7 Feb 2014
4,945 posts
|
jiminy cricket
Hm, first puncture, and it's on the rear wheel! Have looked at the video and everything looks straight forward enough but is it something better to have done by Halfords (other bike shops are available)?
|
Feb 2014
5:17pm, 7 Feb 2014
8,910 posts
|
Keefy Beefy
I paid a shop to do mine because there's no job too simple for me to balls up. Sad times as I'm going to sell mine. New job means no need for it. |
|
Feb 2014
5:27pm, 7 Feb 2014
4,946 posts
|
jiminy cricket
Should also have said it's a 6 gear job.
|
Feb 2014
6:24pm, 7 Feb 2014
72,522 posts
|
GregP
iThe 'official' videos are great. Do it yourself.
|
|
Feb 2014
7:49pm, 7 Feb 2014
4,947 posts
|
jiminy cricket
Thanks, I'll wait for a dry day and give it a try ...
|
|
Feb 2014
8:57pm, 7 Feb 2014
72,526 posts
|
GregP
I have four bikes. I did 2,300 miles last year. I had two punctures. Both on the back wheel of the Brompton ~sigh~ Finally replaced the yellow-label tyre with a green-label one in the Summer. So far so good. |
|
Mar 2014
3:07pm, 1 Mar 2014
4,995 posts
|
jiminy cricket
Brompton got a real wheel puncture under Marathon tyres. Have been avoiding fixing it 'cause it means messing about with two different gear systems Followed Brompton's excellent videos on what to do and all went well except for refitting the chain tensioner. Guy on the video uses slight of hand and snaps the thing back on in jigtime. I'm left struggling with three dimensional geometry and covered in oil! It finally snapped back in place although I've still no idea of how it fits together. For a while, there seemed to be far too much chain involved 
|
|
Mar 2014
5:13pm, 1 Mar 2014
72,752 posts
|
GregP
Yes, the videos seem to think that replacing the tensioner is trivially easy. First time round I wasn't sure what way up it went. Alas, I've had lots of practice... |
|
Mar 2014
5:58pm, 1 Mar 2014
4,997 posts
|
jiminy cricket
Am amazed at what a clean chain and a drop of clean oil does to reduce pedalling work
|
Related Threads
-
Gear Inches & Hills
Apr 2020
-
wall mounted bike rack for Brompton
Jun 2012
-
Bike maintenance for dummies.
Apr 2024
-
The fat-tyre thread
Apr 2024
-
Pro cycling thread
Apr 2024
-
TriSport Fetch: The smell of 220
Apr 2024
-
Cycling for Noobs
Apr 2024
-
Peloton
Apr 2024
-
Fetch Virtual Challenge 2022 - Bike Challenge
Apr 2024
-
BIKE THREAD
Apr 2024
