Cycling...
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Recently we have got a Brompton bike. It is my wife's bike but I'm have
been using if, too (at least until by own Brompton will arrive from the
UK). We have decided to buy a basic (non-titanium, non-electric)
version of the bike because of cost and serviceability concerns.Thus at
the moment we have a H6R one in the "Papyrus White/Black" color
combination. It looks good (much better than I expected from product
pictures, actually). I have added some lights here (a Brompton back
light and a cheap front one - it will be here until I will get a better
one) and some small protectors. We also have decided that it will be
nice to have a main frame protection so have got a leather cover
for the main tube from the Souma [2]. Well, it have had to be
knitted!But we finished this procedure on Saturday (it was easier than
I anticipated and the Souma provided us with a link to video manual).
At the moment I think that the bike is prepared Brompton enough for
regular use.I have been using it for my trips to work and also already
used it for some shopping (~18 km). As we have just one Brompton now we
have to use it in combination with a mountain bike and we are changing
during the trip. I must look funny but such approach works so far.
It is interesting to use a mountain bike after the Brompton. Then it
feels like a massive motorbike. It is interesting that changing from
the mountain bike to the Brompton make no problem to me (I do not feel
noticeably less confident on the Brompton to my surprise). I'm going to
investigate this in better detail..
In I hope that my own Brompton will eventually be produced and
delivered to me one day...
References:
[1]
http://brompton.com
[2]
http://soumaleather.com
