Thanks all, especially Joe for the useful information; and John, thanks for the photos -- nice little panniers!
I may one day be interested in a folder that folds smaller than my Hon Solo, one that I can put into a bag the size of a medium suitcase and carry with me onto a bus or into a store or office; the HS folds down small enough for my needs so far, but it is definitely too big to carry onto a bus and awkard to carry into a store. But the reports of the ride compared to 20" wheeled models, and also that I see them only with close up, straight bars, makes me reluctant; I really dislike straight bars -- they hurt my hands; and I my arms/hands/shoulders get too much pressure with bar too close to saddle -- that additional 2" extender for the M bar really makes my position more comfortable. I see that you can put a drop bar or M bar on a Brompton, and I suppose you can get extenders ...? Also, what about tire width? I know B doesn't make a 20" model; can you put fatter tires on it? I can and sometimes do ride my HS with 32 mm Kojaks on firm dirt and gravel, and in fact I'm thinking of buying 1.75s (~44 mm) for it (it will fit these) for it ( so it will be a fixed gear, small wheel mountain bike!). How fat a tire can the B take? Jay: you say: "Compared to the Dahon, the Brompton is in another class." In what way, exactly? I know it folds smaller, and it may be of better quality (though the Hon Solo is decent: all chromo, with decent if not stellar parts, some of which I've upgraded); but as to the handling quality and the riding position? I'm not trying to defend Dahon, which really would be better for me if it could fold smaller; but for me, handling and riding position and fatter tires are more important at this point; more so even than the capacity to take some sort of large bag. At any rate, after all this discussion, I now intend to forget about a rack or bag for the HS, and simply use a courier bag.But I did fashion a neat little bracket attaching to the seatstay braze-ons to hold a rear Topline tail light just below the seatpost and just high enough to peek out over the rear tire -- whoops, if I install 44s, I'll have to make a slightly higher one; darn. On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 10:01 AM, Jay in Tel Aviv <[email protected]> wrote: > I had a Dahon MuP8. I rode it across Holland and from NH to the Maine > coast and many commuting as a backup and multimodal bike. > The ride? It's nickname around my house was Tinkertoy. I think the long > stem just made it feel ingerently unstable. > I picked up a Brompton a few years ago, mostly for the fold. I really like > the ride. I find I ride a little bit slower on it than my Sam. Something > about the position I guess. It's definitely a different feel vs the Sam. I > like it. > Sorry not to be more precise. Compared to the Sam, it's different but no > better or worse depending on my mood. Compared to the Dahon, the Brompton > is in another class. > > Jay > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
