Originally Posted by
boxrick
I just bought an H type Brompton for my girlfriend since the M type was out of stock. I bought an S Type flat handlebar to reduce the height and I have a couple of questions.
Roughly how much should I cut off the cables?
Is the handlebar sweep back or sweep forwards?
You could use info from the German Bromptonauten forum.
Here is a thread with an S-bar on an H stem.
This thread gives handlebar height and elevation for different stem-handlebar combinations, which helps estimate the cable shortening. Use a web translator. I would start riding first without cable shortening to check whether the expectations are met.