Yes, they do look almost the same, specially after we had color coated the titanium stem to a matching black color for the Chap3 Brompton. The main difference between them are just the weight now, a total of 306grams between the steel and titanium.
Read More »Shifting problem #189
A rider is having some shifting issues between the gear 3 & 4. After some testing and inspections, we found the tensioner in a whole was “pushed out”. The caused of the shifting issue was a wrong flange bolt was being used to secure the wheel to the bike. The …
Read More »Scratched paint work at rear triangle
There are times when you find your Brompton rear triangle had some paint work scratched off (like the first image below) after installing an after market crank-set. Chances are your crank were installed wrongly on your Brompton. When the Brompton rear triangle is being folded into the main frame, the …
Read More »Brompton Modding #3834
Oh boy, don’t you just hate it when the cables at the Brompton aren’t done right? I really hated it, specially when this is a “Andrew Ritchie” signature edition. Anyway, several upgrades had been applied to the white color H6L Brompton. Items such as Token ceramic bottom bracket, easy wheels, …
Read More »Brompton Modding #3829 – Titanium S stem
After some light upgrades (#3826) a few days earlier, the Brompton Chpt 3 came back again. This round the main focus are on: The full titanium S stem; Red and white color combo cabling; and Titanium twin bearing ezy-wheels by TiParts Workshop.
Read More »Color Coating project – Illusion purple
Replacing the Brompton brake caliper bolts to titanium
Ever fancy some titanium colorful replacement bolts and nuts set for Brompton brake caliper sets? While I was working on a metallic purple coating project on Brompton, the customer was requesting a set of purple titanium bolts to be replaced on his existing set of brake calipers. Here are some …
Read More »Comparison of #b48 titanium fork for Brompton and Brompton Steel’s
Today came the other batch of high quality #b48 titanium front fork for Bromtpon. As it is used for the Brompton, other than the thicker tubing were being use on the “lower leg” for the stronger support, the dimension and design were the exact same as the original. This titanium …
Read More »Color coating project #45 – high gloss raw lacquer
No project is straight forward, this Brompton raw lacquer didn’t come as one either. The rider came to me saying there were some rust on the bike and would like to have them removed while keeping the raw lacquer dark green tone. The traditional high power sandblasting method on removing …
Read More »Brompton Modding #2534
Fresh out from the box is the Brompton lagoon blue black edition M2L for some upgrades today.
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