Go for it man, you know one of the biggest advantage of the Brompton when you compare it with the road bike is the Brompton actually catches more wind..... have a good one Robin.
I had a two spokes break in Japan in a holiday ride. I was very frustrated as I had Tannus tyres on the bike. I could not simply remove them and put new spokes in. I had to do a very rough fix by creating a custom spokes with the help of a local bike shop near the hotel. Thankfully I speak some Japanese so I was able to (with lots of mistakes), get the help I required. I created two spokes that were slightly too long. Inserted them into the wheel hub, and then with some swearing and effort, managed to get them to attach to the threaded nut at the rim end. I was then able to carefully wind them up enough to make the wheel safe enough to ride without fear of a buckle occurring. A very dodgy fix - but good enough that by the end of the holiday I'd almost forgotten it had occurred. Morale of the story - solid tyres are great but..............pray you do not snap a spoke or two on the first day of a holiday ride.
Great to have you share the story here Brad... I had some bad experience with the Tannus tires as well, they were just so hard to remove without having the damage them. Good to hear you complete your trip.
thanks for being here again Kevin. I believe most people in Asia would just take a cab home at the moment that anything went wrong. I love to ride, and I will do everything possible to continue with the ride..... have a blasting day buddy.
@@Petrellionwheels I will always be mate.. Turning on the notification bell on all of my gadgets that have youtube 😁 Well... I think I am on your side too, I'll do everything to fix it on the spot and ride it back home.. Fortunately I haven't experience such a bad accident during my ride..
Thanks for spending time here. I had added a cutter to my rescue pack. That day I was riding my Brompton home like those kids having a zip tie on there wheels having a lot of click click “engine” sound home.
In the case of Brompton’s 16in rear wheel the spokes are cross laced as any other rear wheel. It’s impossible to get a tension meter to work here in a 16in which would definitely help when building the wheel. We are forced to accept the pluck sound method which works but subjective and MAY cause a problem down the road. Maybe someday a tension meter will be made to fit until then we must continue with the pluck method. Front wheel is radial and a tension meter can be used. Obviously, I fall on the side that a 16in wheel can fall out of tension just as easy as a larger wheel. This said, I love my Brompton and actually wouldn’t mind if this happened to me - I get to fix it. There is just as much joy in riding my Brompton as much as keeping it fine tuned.
Hello Petrelli! Thank you for always trying to generate original content with respect to other channels, and for your good way of spreading these topics. I ask you: Do you have experience with those Kevlar spokes that are used to replace broken spokes, in emergencies? Would you recommend bringing one just in case? Thank you!
Hello Martin, thanks for sitting around with me on the video and the great questions. I have to admit that I am very much into this kind of fixing things videos. I know they are not the best type of getting attraction videos, but it is something that I like to do. Anyway, the Kevlar spokes is something that I only heard of before, I never had it (or them if I am that unlucky) on my bike before. I always have a few spare spokes if I am heading to any tours, so I believe I am very much being looking after. Of course, our Brompton recue bag can also entertain with more safely measurements. I don't see why we can't have one at the it. Now you got me interested in getting one to have it test out.
@@Petrellionwheels Fiberfix makes some that look interesting. I have not seen them available here in Argentina, but maybe you will have more luck in finding them :)
Hi peter. i try maintain the spoke. how to find which one spoke making ticking noise ? i dont want to tight al the spoke and screw up the wheel alignment thank you
For a 6-speed B, there are only 2 types of spokes to keep spares, is that the case? I thought of buying these spokes and carry 2 or 3 pcs when I ride overseas. Thanks for sharing!
Great video. I quickly added a few zip ties to my Brompton emergency kit. Thanks for the tip. BTW, I haven’t seen spare spokes for sale... have I been looking in the wrong places?
I am glad the video helped you out. Not sure if brompton sell just one or 2 staple spokes, but surely you can just visit any bike shops and ask for a specially cut spokes to the length.
Thanks for the message. My hub is a SRF5(w) and it had been working fine for me all these years. The only thing that I want to let you know ahead of your change is that the gear setting has to be dead right. The shifting cable pulling isn't as forgiving as the 3 speed hub, you have to be very dead on on the settings. I hope I had answered you. Have a blasting day ahead. Petrelli
I have both 3 speed and 6 speed Bromptons but I prefer the simple design of 3 speed with one cog because you have perfect chain line all the time. With 6 speed, you will notice a slight noise coming from the drivetrain when riding hard. I believe this is probably due to chain line not perfect. Is my comment accurate?
Thanks for watching the vid and dropping a message here. I believe the drivechain system were built to accept the chain being abit off from the dead center. Just think you those road and mountain bikes where they have 12 or even 13 speeds on them, the chain do swing from left to right for a great bit of distance. So the little 2 speed externally at the Brompton wouldn't be that bad. Most of the time when you get sound from the chain is because the chain wasn't feed dead on from the tensioner wheels. If the tensioner wheel was a little bit off from feeding to the sprocket, the chain would have more unnecessary rub against the sprocket or to say not landing well on it. One of the way to "fix" this is by adjusting where is tensioner wheels are landing to make sure the chain was feed dead on to the sprocket. I love a clean system, that's why I used an internal 5 speed to keep the gear's cable to just 1. I hope I had answered you.
Thanks for spending some time here. I really don't have a lot of caps, a buddy of mine he pins all of his caps at his work room's wall. They literally fill up the entire wall. I am guessing he is having more caps then most of the shops that sells them. Nuts.
You guys got any experience with a broken spokes during the ride? what did you do afterwards?
G'day Petrelli, would you consider to make a video talking about wheel reframing, spoke checking, maintenance & replacement?
Petrelli... you really rock my socks dude. I'm gonna go ride my Brommie now.
Go for it man, you know one of the biggest advantage of the Brompton when you compare it with the road bike is the Brompton actually catches more wind..... have a good one Robin.
I had a two spokes break in Japan in a holiday ride. I was very frustrated as I had Tannus tyres on the bike. I could not simply remove them and put new spokes in. I had to do a very rough fix by creating a custom spokes with the help of a local bike shop near the hotel. Thankfully I speak some Japanese so I was able to (with lots of mistakes), get the help I required. I created two spokes that were slightly too long. Inserted them into the wheel hub, and then with some swearing and effort, managed to get them to attach to the threaded nut at the rim end. I was then able to carefully wind them up enough to make the wheel safe enough to ride without fear of a buckle occurring. A very dodgy fix - but good enough that by the end of the holiday I'd almost forgotten it had occurred. Morale of the story - solid tyres are great but..............pray you do not snap a spoke or two on the first day of a holiday ride.
Great to have you share the story here Brad... I had some bad experience with the Tannus tires as well, they were just so hard to remove without having the damage them. Good to hear you complete your trip.
Lesson learned.. Thank you for always bringing something new.. Dashhh!!
thanks for being here again Kevin. I believe most people in Asia would just take a cab home at the moment that anything went wrong. I love to ride, and I will do everything possible to continue with the ride..... have a blasting day buddy.
@@Petrellionwheels I will always be mate.. Turning on the notification bell on all of my gadgets that have youtube 😁
Well... I think I am on your side too, I'll do everything to fix it on the spot and ride it back home.. Fortunately I haven't experience such a bad accident during my ride..
You could take small nail clippers to snip off the zip tie
Thanks for spending time here. I had added a cutter to my rescue pack. That day I was riding my Brompton home like those kids having a zip tie on there wheels having a lot of click click “engine” sound home.
I used to love making my bike go click, click when I was a kid 😂
In the case of Brompton’s 16in rear wheel the spokes are cross laced as any other rear wheel. It’s impossible to get a tension meter to work here in a 16in which would definitely help when building the wheel. We are forced to accept the pluck sound method which works but subjective and MAY cause a problem down the road. Maybe someday a tension meter will be made to fit until then we must continue with the pluck method. Front wheel is radial and a tension meter can be used. Obviously, I fall on the side that a 16in wheel can fall out of tension just as easy as a larger wheel. This said, I love my Brompton and actually wouldn’t mind if this happened to me - I get to fix it. There is just as much joy in riding my Brompton as much as keeping it fine tuned.
Thanks for the comment. I made this one for you ruclips.net/video/v7xtFQAyHZU/видео.html. I hope you would enjoy it.
Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching Viktor, its good to have you here.
Hello Petrelli! Thank you for always trying to generate original content with respect to other channels, and for your good way of spreading these topics. I ask you: Do you have experience with those Kevlar spokes that are used to replace broken spokes, in emergencies? Would you recommend bringing one just in case? Thank you!
Hello Martin, thanks for sitting around with me on the video and the great questions. I have to admit that I am very much into this kind of fixing things videos. I know they are not the best type of getting attraction videos, but it is something that I like to do. Anyway, the Kevlar spokes is something that I only heard of before, I never had it (or them if I am that unlucky) on my bike before. I always have a few spare spokes if I am heading to any tours, so I believe I am very much being looking after. Of course, our Brompton recue bag can also entertain with more safely measurements. I don't see why we can't have one at the it. Now you got me interested in getting one to have it test out.
@@Petrellionwheels Fiberfix makes some that look interesting. I have not seen them available here in Argentina, but maybe you will have more luck in finding them :)
Hi peter. i try maintain the spoke. how to find which one spoke making ticking noise ? i dont want to tight al the spoke and screw up the wheel alignment
thank you
For a 6-speed B, there are only 2 types of spokes to keep spares, is that the case? I thought of buying these spokes and carry 2 or 3 pcs when I ride overseas.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching the video. Carrying spare spokes is almost like the best practices of the all..... have a good one Jason.
Can you do a video for brompton wheel building?
Great video. I quickly added a few zip ties to my Brompton emergency kit. Thanks for the tip. BTW, I haven’t seen spare spokes for sale... have I been looking in the wrong places?
I am glad the video helped you out. Not sure if brompton sell just one or 2 staple spokes, but surely you can just visit any bike shops and ask for a specially cut spokes to the length.
Hello. too bad you stopped publishing new videos. They were interesting!
"The Brompton's such a beast innit?" Yes, yes it is. =)
For sure it is. Thanks for watching the video buddy.
Hi Petrelli, what rim do you have on your bike?
will u be coming back to singapore?
Soon, let's hope there will be a bubble between the 2 of my homes soon. Thanks for spending time here Aden.
Is it original Brompton wheels? Brompton use very thick spokes, doesn't see it ever broke.
Is your hub SRF5 (W) and is it robust compared to standard 3 speed SA on M3L? I am also thinking of changing it to 5 speed. Thanks in advance.
Thanks for the message. My hub is a SRF5(w) and it had been working fine for me all these years. The only thing that I want to let you know ahead of your change is that the gear setting has to be dead right. The shifting cable pulling isn't as forgiving as the 3 speed hub, you have to be very dead on on the settings.
I hope I had answered you.
Have a blasting day ahead.
Petrelli
@@Petrellionwheels Thank you very much.
I have both 3 speed and 6 speed Bromptons but I prefer the simple design of 3 speed with one cog because you have perfect chain line all the time. With 6 speed, you will notice a slight noise coming from the drivetrain when riding hard. I believe this is probably due to chain line not perfect. Is my comment accurate?
Thanks for watching the vid and dropping a message here. I believe the drivechain system were built to accept the chain being abit off from the dead center. Just think you those road and mountain bikes where they have 12 or even 13 speeds on them, the chain do swing from left to right for a great bit of distance. So the little 2 speed externally at the Brompton wouldn't be that bad. Most of the time when you get sound from the chain is because the chain wasn't feed dead on from the tensioner wheels. If the tensioner wheel was a little bit off from feeding to the sprocket, the chain would have more unnecessary rub against the sprocket or to say not landing well on it. One of the way to "fix" this is by adjusting where is tensioner wheels are landing to make sure the chain was feed dead on to the sprocket.
I love a clean system, that's why I used an internal 5 speed to keep the gear's cable to just 1.
I hope I had answered you.
i kenna before la... you aza willy all suddenly ride roadbike and i still on my brompton! DASHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Now I am the one who is on the Brompton to take on road bikes.
🤨 🙃 I really want to see ur awesome Cap Collection.
Maybe a Special Cap Episode or in a Q&A ?
Thanks for spending some time here. I really don't have a lot of caps, a buddy of mine he pins all of his caps at his work room's wall. They literally fill up the entire wall. I am guessing he is having more caps then most of the shops that sells them. Nuts.
Yeah, zip ties are very handy.
thanks for watching the video Eric..... and Yes, zip ties is the king of fix all little tools.... have a good one.