Rohloff dropouts on a Surly LHT, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.
Sliding dropouts so there’s no need for a chain tensioner…
Rohloff dropouts on a Surly LHT
Green 8-spd Brompton
Green 8-spd Brompton, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.
Fitted the latest version of the 8-speed kit to a new bike today – usually, I make the parts as I need them, but this time I made all the parts first and then fitted them so I could time how long it takes.
About 50 minutes.
That’s converting a brand new singlespeed Brompton – it’ll take a bit longer if you need to take off a geared hub first…
Koga Founder S with Mountain Drive
Koga Founder S with Mountain Drive, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.
A little modification needed, but works well 😉
Signature Rohloff
Signature Rohloff, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.
The first of several Koga Signature Rohloff-equipped touring bikes has arrived – the new frame design with sliding dropouts is very neat.
Schwinn Advert
Schwinn, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.
More from the archives, this is a Schwinn advert from 1953…
Cyclefest 1995
Brox Race, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.
I found an old box of photos from the Lancaster Cyclefest 1995 – mostly interesting for the awful fashion sense and the historic recumbents 😉
This is the late, much missed Rob Brock pulling out a commanding lead in the Brox race.
The rest of the pictures are in my Flickr set.
Packed Scorpion fs
Packed Scorpion fs, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.
The box says Birdy, but there’s actually a complete Scorpion fs
recumbent trike in there – a bit of dismantling needed, but nothing
serious 😉
Drop-bar Moulton with Alfine
Drop-bar Moulton with Alfine, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.
An interesting project – fitting the Alfine itself isn’t a big deal, getting it to work with a bar-end shifter is the trickier bit. The trick is to use a Travel Agent – a roller thingy designed to let road brake levers operate disc brakes.
Heinzmann micro throttle
Heinzmann micro throttle, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.
Made a new micro throttle for use with pedelec systems…
Brompton pivot replacement
Brompton pivot replacement, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.
Tool to remove old bushings: £145
Reamer for new bushings: £200
Doing the job properly: priceless
😉
Despite appearances, you don’t just wallop in the new bushes and hammer in the pivot pin – do that and the entire thing locks solid. Some other Brompton dealers (naming no names) have yet to learn this…