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Old 01-02-17, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Monumentale
Yeah you guys have convinced me with great arguments. So I come back to foldingdroid question: are custom made suspensions better than the original ones? Which are to be preferred?

P.S.: next week I would like to deal with a vendor for a test BD3 speed at €1.770 than I'll start the tuning time concerning weight and other stuffs like maybe a Gates carbon drive (I know this would mean to change the great Ultegra).
I doubt it's possible to retro fit a belt drive system to the Birdy as I'm sure it needs an auxiliary tensioner to cope with the requirements of the folding process.
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