Originally Posted by
Jipe
Honestly, I do not make the Birdy nor the Brompton often roll on their easy wheels.<br /><br />The reason is that, due to the small diameter of the easy wheel and the very low ground clearance of the easy wheels, it only work well on a very good quality surface.
It was the same for me until I swapped the original easy wheels for some 80 mm wheels from old inline skates.
Now I use the easy wheels indoors (buildings, trains) and unfold the bike everywhere else (including train stations).
If you want to do that as well please note that todays inline (and scooter
afaik) wheels usually have an internal diameter of 8 mm whereas the Birdy axles are 6 mm. So you will need an extra part combining the two.
By sheer luck my inline skates had 6 mm axles
My second recommendation is to forget (and remove) the lowrider / pulling handle in combination with the Brompton bag adapter. As detailed
when I introduced my bike I mounted a handle normally used to pulling canoes out of the water instead.
That is very comfortable.