This Brompton has 20″ wheels, Alfine gearing, cable disc brakes and an integral rear rack…
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Orange 20″ Alfine Brompton
This older Brompton had a complete rebuild – a new paint scheme, 20″ wheels, Alfine gearing and Magura MT4 disc brakes.
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This rebuild of an old Brompton got Alfine hub gearing, 20″ wheels, and Magura MT5 disc brakes…
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A deceptively complex job, the Trek 1120 is an interesting bike, built with 29″ fat tyres for off-road touring with custom racks. As standard it has derailleur gearing, this was a conversion to Rohloff hub gearing, and adding a Gates belt drive and SON dynamo hub to power lights and a Plug5 charging device. This needed a custom Rohloff A12 hub, custom-machined dropouts, a custom-machined chainset and very careful choice of parts.
A few people have asked about doing this – it was a complex job that I can’t really send you a kit for, there was lots of special machining and careful test fitting, and it might not even work on a different Trek frame as the belt runs VERY close to the chain stay. It’s the kind of thing I can only really do in the shop.
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This was a complex build! One of my Duplex tandem recumbent tricycles, with hand crank power for the stoker, Rohloff gearing, and electric assist from a Pendix drive. S&S couplings let it split in half for transport. The mid-drive system has a freewheel so the stoker can stop pedalling, and there’s a tensioner to keep the chain on when folding the hand crank arm forwards to get on and off.
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This Brompton was rebuilt to have 20″ wheels with Kojak tyres, Alfine-11 hub gearing, Magura disc brakes and SP hub dynamo lighting.
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Built for touring on tracks and trails, this custom-built bike has a frame made from Columbus Zona steel, and a Whisky carbon fork. It’s got Rohloff hub gearing, and a belt drive, so almost-zero drivetrain maintenance needed. S&S coupling mean it can be split and folded for easier transport.
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This electric-assist Brompton has Rohloff hub gearing, integral rear rack, Magura disc brakes, belt drive, 18″ Big Apple wheels, Magura disc brakes and SON dynamo lighting.
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This Brompton has a replica of the Nine Streets limited edition paint scheme, Rohloff 14-speed gearing, belt drive, integral rack, 18″ Big Apple wheels, Magura disc brakes and SON dynamo lighting.
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It’s a lot of work, but this copper-plated frame looks amazing! This bike has Rohloff 14-speed hub gearing, belt drive, integral rack, SON dynamo lighting and Magura disc brakes.
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