Posts Tagged ‘ Brompton ’

You might have noticed that I’ve not been riding Siegried much recently. In September, the Pashley’s 5-speed Sturmey Archer hub developed a fault, and got jammed in first gear. I’d not really had time to fix it myself (Ha - as if! Have you seen the insides of 5-speed hubs? I’ve only four words...
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I own more than one bike. Indeed, it has been remarked that the number of bikes required is one more than you currently own. There always seems to be a different / newer / better bike to lust after. But surely there must be a zenith of bicyclism. An Überbike. A bike to vanquish all...
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After I got my Carradice saddle bag last year, there didn’t seem to be any need to use my Office Bag any more. So for pretty much all of the last year, it’s sat in my study gathering dust. But then I got my second hand Brompton - I bought second hand for...
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So here’s a question for you: Drinking and riding. Tuesday night, I was supposed to be running in the North Shields Poly Grand Prix 5k race. But owing to some serious man-flu (and a note from my mum) was only able to stand at the turn-around point to feebly cheer my team-mates’ efforts. We were supposed...
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Confession time: I’ve bought a new bike - codename: "New Puppy". Well, not a NEW bike, but a second-hand one. It’s a Brompton, which is something I’ve wanted for some time . . . Actually I bought it a couple of weeks ago, but with the weather I’ve not really been out on it. Then...
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I was browsing the Brompton site at the weekend when I found the section on racing the sensible little folding bikes. The Brompton World Championship for 2010 takes place at Blenheim Palace in three weeks time. It’s not your usual sort of bike race - as illustrated by this key race rule, which stipulates the...
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Last week we took a bit of a mini-break down to Kent to visit my parents, and then back home via Hotel Von SmallHaussen in That London on Friday, and Auberge Algernond in Cambridge on Saturday night. The trip to London was interesting - I managed to get a parking ticket through my own stupidity...
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