Sunday·23·March·2008
I finally ordered //at 05:13 //by abe
After a three and a half week test drive during my last year’s summer holidays and much consideration about the configuration, I finally ordered a Brompton folding bike at Velofix.
Since the apple green was much nicer in the catalogue than in real life, I decided that I need a bike in colours that clearly mark it as my bike: Orange frame and black front and rear swinging fork. ;-)
It will have 6 gears (a 3-gear internal hub and a 2-gear dérailleur, both at the rear axle), a lowered transmission ratio for hilly Zurich and sprints in the city, a SON axle dynamo, Kevlar reinforced, reflecting tyres, and a bicycle luggage rack which also serves as kick stand when (partially) folded.
Options I thought about but then dismissed for miscellaneous reasons:
Schlumpf
MountainDrive (can’t say if will be really worthwile) and Rohloff Speedhub (not available although I already saw a Brompton
with a red Speedhub — funnily just in front of the place I live,
and probably also more expensive than I remembered).
Tagged as: Black, Brompton, folding bike, HPV, MountainDrive, Orange, Rohloff, Schlumpf, SON, Velofix, Zürich
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Question about lowered trasmission ratio
I just read your post about your brompton on planet debian. I noticed you said you used a "lowered transmission ratio" for you bike. I've been toying with the idea of doing the opposite (geared for speed) but I'm having trouble figuring out the right keywords to find a supplier. Any ideas?
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