Originally Posted by
nekohime
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then on the way home, my frame pump fell into the wheel, causing me to almost wipe out (I recovered nicely, thank goodness--no injuries whatsoever), and breaking a nipple. The nipple's being fixed as I type (thank you helen's cycles!), but the rear triangle is hopelessly scratched up, and my frame pump is a goner.
So I might as well upgrade the pump while I'm at it, right?....... Also, how do I avoid nasty incidents like this one?
Nekohime,
hope your air con' gets fixed ok!
I've found the Brompton to be amazingly stable riding over strange objects, much more so than some other bikes. Mine is the long wheel base one like yours though.
After 3000 miles, some on some very rough tracks, my original Brompton supplied Zefal pump stays on just fine. It's critical that the red sleeve is pushed up hard so that the pump is firmly in place.
I think Brompton would have changed the fitting long ago if it proved unreliable, & I've only read of a couple of people losing their pump.
Not sure what you mean by nipple? My wheels came with inner tubes fitted with Schraeder valves (car type) - are yours the same or do US Bromptons get fitted with Presta valves?
Ah, ok, just seen your later post. So some spokes were broken? LBS should be able to cut down some "standard" ones to fit I'd have thought?
John