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  1. I can't resist buying a Brompton any longer... does anyone know a good
    dealer in London where I could try out the new handlebar and seat
    options?

    Cheers,

    Max Christian

  2. Cant resist.
    Ive had mine 2 months and I LOVE IT!

  3. max christian said:

    I can't resist buying a Brompton any longer... does anyone know a good
    dealer in London where I could try out the new handlebar and seat
    options?

    Cheers,

    Max Christian

    Evan's in High Holborn or BikeFix of Lamb's Conduit Street.

    --
    Chris

  4. "Chris Slade" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    max christian said:

    I can't resist buying a Brompton any longer... does anyone know a good
    dealer in London where I could try out the new handlebar and seat
    options?

    Cheers,

    Max Christian

    Evan's in High Holborn or BikeFix of Lamb's Conduit Street.

    --
    Chris


    New handle bars / seat! tell me .I've had my Brompton L6 for about 2x
    months' now. I had a luggage rack fitted , which has two wheels on the end
    of the rack which means that when you fold up the bike you can trundle it
    along like a suitcase instead of that small single wheel on the rear
    guard, in fact I replaced the rear rack wheels with two skateboard type,
    better clearance ...cas

  5. cas said:

    New handle bars / seat! tell me .I've had my Brompton L6 for about 2x
    months' now. I had a luggage rack fitted , which has two wheels on the end
    of the rack which means that when you fold up the bike you can trundle it
    along like a suitcase instead of that small single wheel on the rear
    guard, in fact I replaced the rear rack wheels with two skateboard type,
    better clearance ...cas

    Did you replace the wheels yourself?

  6. "stupot" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    cas said:

    New handle bars / seat! tell me .I've had my Brompton L6 for about 2x
    months' now. I had a luggage rack fitted , which has two wheels on the
    end of the rack which means that when you fold up the bike you can
    trundle it along like a suitcase instead of that small single wheel on
    the rear guard, in fact I replaced the rear rack wheels with two
    skateboard type, better clearance ...cas

    Did you replace the wheels yourself?

    Well yes I did .What happened was that I had only been on it for 30mins in
    the park, my first trip, when someone stopped me and said that both he and
    his partner had Brompton's and that they had replaced the rack wheels with
    skateboard type.the skate shop was the other side of the park so went over
    there and brought two wheels going cheap, red ones! and fitted them. I had
    to get some longer bolts,so I went to a yacht chandler and got two S/S nuts
    bolts I also brought 2/ elastic bungees' to hold any items on the rack.When
    the bike is folded you lift the back of the sadle and roll it along with you
    any steps you grab the cross bar and lift ok! whats this new brompton seat
    and handle bar then?.....cas

  7. "cas" <[email hidden]>typed

    Quoted message said:

    whats this new brompton seat
    and handle bar then?.....cas

    I saw Guy C on Monday with his new Brompton. It has a rather nice Brooks
    saddle, with 'Made for Brompton' stamped on it...

    --
    Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
    Edgware.

  8. "max christian" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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    Quoted message said:

    I can't resist buying a Brompton any longer...

    Yes you can! You do know the side effects of owning one don't you?
    Unbearable smugness and the lack of any spare time due to permanently going
    "fold, unfold" etc. with a cheesy grin on your face. There is apparently no
    known cure. Luckily I've not been able to justify one for myself (or rather
    justify one to SWMBO), so I'm currently immune.

    😉

    Graeme

  9. Graeme said:

    "max christian" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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    Quoted message said:

    I can't resist buying a Brompton any longer...

    Yes you can! You do know the side effects of owning one don't you?
    Unbearable smugness and the lack of any spare time due to permanently going
    "fold, unfold" etc. with a cheesy grin on your face. There is apparently no
    known cure. Luckily I've not been able to justify one for myself (or rather
    justify one to SWMBO), so I'm currently immune.

    😉

    Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated!

    --
    Tony

    "I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
    Anon

  10. Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    I can't resist buying a Brompton any longer...


    Yes you can! You do know the side effects of owning one don't you?

    Apparently I'm already unbearably smug so I may as well get one
    anyway...

    Cas -- the new handlebar options are "standard, multiposition and
    sport". Sounds like the "standard" is the same as the previous models,
    "sport" is a straight, low bar, and "multiposition" is something wacky.
    More here:
    http://www.kinetics.org.uk/html/order_form.shtml

    Max

  11. "max christian" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    I can't resist buying a Brompton any longer...


    Yes you can! You do know the side effects of owning one don't you?

    Apparently I'm already unbearably smug so I may as well get one
    anyway...

    Cas -- the new handlebar options are "standard, multiposition and
    sport". Sounds like the "standard" is the same as the previous models,
    "sport" is a straight, low bar, and "multiposition" is something wacky.
    More here:
    http://www.kinetics.org.uk/html/order_form.shtml

    Max


    Brooks saddle..ouch,! no thanks i will keep my big gel sprung type thank
    you.One of the problems I get owning a Brompton is that when I stop to sit
    down along the sea front in Bournemouth ,and fold the bike into the park
    position, people will keep stopping to asked" what sort of bike is that "
    and being a smug show off type, I give a demonstration. I could have taken
    at least a dozen orders ,I wonder if Brompton's will give me commission on
    any recommendations... cas

  12. stupot said:

    Ive had mine 2 months and I LOVE IT!

    Wasn't there someone else around here who bought a Brom recently?

    Guy
    --
    May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
    http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

    88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at CHS, Puget Sound

  13. Just zis Guy said:

    On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:55:17 +0100, stupot <[email hidden]> wrote:
    Wasn't there someone else around here who bought a Brom recently?


    :-) now what was their name...

  14. "Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]>typed

    Quoted message said:

    On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:55:17 +0100, stupot <[email hidden]> wrote:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Ive had mine 2 months and I LOVE IT!

    Quoted message said:

    Wasn't there someone else around here who bought a Brom recently?

    Quoted message said:

    Guy

    Maybe. I was beginning to worry since I'd seen no trace of him since we
    met on Monday...

    --
    Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
    Edgware.

  15. Helen Deborah Vecht said:

    I was beginning to worry since I'd seen no trace of him since we
    met on Monday...

    RL interfering with the serious business of Usenet. Bummer, innit?

    Guy
    --
    May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
    http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

    88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at CHS, Puget Sound

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