Originally Posted by
atombikes
roving70,
Excellent idea. I'll look into it today, as well as make a real attempt at figuring out the front derailleur situation.
So you cut down your steering stem, huh? That's a good idea as it is quite long; I didn't even think to do that.
Post some full pics of your bike, would love to see the full effect of the Brompton bars on this bike.
One other thing I would like to figure out is how to make the cap at the top of the stem quick release (so I can quickly rotate the handlebars ala Dahon).
atombike,
i was so curious on the fd that i come up with an idea of making a regular fd top swing bottom pull(also begining to enjoy bike terms
) to fit on the genesis downtube "ghetto". i am so impatient on the shipping schedule on the adapter. i think when you use the fd that you bought, you need two of those. 1 for fd and the other you will use it as an adapter for the pulley(but you need to ghetto). also if 2 teeth would matter, i think the 50/34 crank is better to have enough space. what i am getting for my fd is the cheap shimano tourney a070 fd, 2 speed crank a070, and sturmey archer pulley 31 mm, jagwire cable stop and derailleur cable and shimano a070 rd(planning to fit 7 speed cassette). hope my plan works!!!
for the qr stem i was also planning to change the whole handlepost but when i shorten it, it is stiffer than putting a dahon(but i love the tern 3d physis). i think a dahon revolve qr stem works but you have to put shim to fit it, the revolve qr is 1 1/4 and thorusa has it. also i think you need to cut the portion on the genesis handlepost that protrudes to guide the stem and not rotate. i hate that portion because the screw thread is not enough to hold it. i have a lot of things to post regarding the parts of the bike that needs some works to make it stiffer.
pics coming soon...by the way where do you store the images to paste only the url to make images larger?
hope i make sense!