Another simple build, with integral rear rack and Rohloff 14-speed gearing.
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Titanium Alfine Brompton
A simple build, this one – with a raw lacquer mainframe, titanium extremities, and Alfine-11 gearing.
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Phew, what a title! This build has a nickel-plated mainframe, NuVinci CVT hub gear, belt drive and Spyre disc brakes with Big Apple tyres.
Continue reading “Nickel Belt NuVinci Big Apple Brompton”Two Colourful Rohloff Disc Bromptons
This was a fun pair of bikes to build, because they were so bright and colourful! Both have integral rear racks, Rohloff gearing, disc brakes and SON dynamo lighting.
Continue reading “Two Colourful Rohloff Disc Bromptons”Alfine-11 Belt Drive Brompton
This Brompton build has an Alfine-11 hub gear with Gates belt drive, SON dynamo lighting and Hope hydraulic disc brakes. Continue reading “Alfine-11 Belt Drive Brompton”
Rogerio’s Alfine-8 Disc Brompton
This Brompton build has the Shimano Alfine 8-speed hub gear with TRP Spyre cable disc brakes and a mix of black parts. Continue reading “Rogerio’s Alfine-8 Disc Brompton”
Thomas’s Rohloff Brompton
This build used the lovely Lagoon Blue mainframe, with a silver Rohloff hub, SON dynamo lighting and Brooks saddle. Continue reading “Thomas’s Rohloff Brompton”
Charity Brompton
This is the second year I’ve built a charity Brompton for Christmas – starting with an old bike kindly donated by Jon Oates, I repainted the frame and rebuilt it with all-new parts, then auctioned it – it raised £800 for Medicins Sans Frontiers! This bike had mostly normal modern Brompton parts, but with a 5-speed Sturmey rear hub and Brooks saddle and grips. Continue reading “Charity Brompton”
Fabrice’s Titanium Rohloff Brompton
This build has a Rohloff hub with a titanium rear frame, titanium forks, titanium seat post, titanium bars, titanium and carbon rack, SON dynamo lighting and lots of other lightweight parts to get the total weight down to 12.06kg! Continue reading “Fabrice’s Titanium Rohloff Brompton”
Ben’s Copper Rohloff Brompton
This shiny build has a copper-plated frame, which has been lacquered to keep it bright (unlike the aged copper Brompton I built a while ago). It’s got a Rohloff hub, and SON Edelux dynamo lighting, and is finished off with some matching copper parts. Continue reading “Ben’s Copper Rohloff Brompton”