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Myra Vaninwegen
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Peter Clinch wrote
> Myra VanInwegen wrote:
>
>> While the Brompton is by far the easiest and fastest to fold, and makes the smallest package when
>> folded, it is also the most work to ride. I really don't think that three speeds are enough.
>
> They are, but only if they're the right speeds. And the default set on the Brompton aren't IMHO.
> However, the standard option reductions may well be: the -18% is fine for me.
I don't think it's just the gearing. In Cambridge, the gear range is appropriate and I have no need
to stand, yet I still find it far more work than my fixed gear bike, or just about any other bike we
have. It think it's a combination of the very upright position, and perhaps the tires (we still have
the original Raleigh ones). Perhaps with better tires it would be less work, but I find it hard to
believe it could be all down to the tires.
-Myra
> Myra VanInwegen wrote:
>
>> While the Brompton is by far the easiest and fastest to fold, and makes the smallest package when
>> folded, it is also the most work to ride. I really don't think that three speeds are enough.
>
> They are, but only if they're the right speeds. And the default set on the Brompton aren't IMHO.
> However, the standard option reductions may well be: the -18% is fine for me.
I don't think it's just the gearing. In Cambridge, the gear range is appropriate and I have no need
to stand, yet I still find it far more work than my fixed gear bike, or just about any other bike we
have. It think it's a combination of the very upright position, and perhaps the tires (we still have
the original Raleigh ones). Perhaps with better tires it would be less work, but I find it hard to
believe it could be all down to the tires.
-Myra