Originally Posted by
Pono
Ok so let’s get started! I was interested in using a brommie for triathlons and was looking for some pointers... I was thinking of going with the S1L and just adding upgrades. I am using a brommie because I am flight crew and spend 25 plus days away from home a month and popping it into the overhead bin is a must. Also my flat is a meager 300 plus square feet so I’m thinking I don’t have much room for a normal road or tri bike. I would like to use this bike for training and racing. I realize I will not be super competitive, but racing and riding is still fun. I’d just like to finish and not be in last lol. I wanted to start with the first of the upgrades being a kinetic 11 speed internal hub... from there I’m not sure where to look or what to do? Any advice would be great. Thanks.
You should look at other bikes that can also fold as small, maybe bike Friday or something, others should be able to come up with some. You need much lighter weight, drop bars and good gearing, Bromtpon cant provide any of those.
Something like this would smash the brompton for speed:
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/roy-t/20170117