July 2008




Electric Pino, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.

Today’s project – took a while to get the front wheel and disc brake working ;-)



Electric Brompton, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.

A new version, using the Heinzmann Li-Ion battery and digital controller.



Grasshopper fx in a car boot, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.

A quick demonstration of how easy it is to transport a Grasshopper fx…

According to the Guardian, Tory leader David Cameron has had his bike stolen. To quote the article “The Conservative leader was reported to have chained the bike to a short bollard, allowing the thief to lift it clear.” ;-)

Improved 8-spd Brompton, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.

I’ve just finished building number 4 – I think, I may have lost count ;-)

This one has a much improved chain tensioner and cable routing, the Truvativ chainset I’m fitting as standard, and a better (and more standard) way of fitting the back wheel.

I’m sorry the website wasn’t available today – I installed a new version of Fusion, and it renamed the start file to index.htm not index.html, so the server wasn’t delivering it properly.

Oops ;-)