The standard "fat tire" for Brompton is the Schwalbe Marathon 1.35. You might be able to go a little bigger without fenders, but I'm not sure a fatter 16” tire actually exists.
Yes, drops or M Bars can be made to fit with Brompton, you just won't be able to fold the mast down into its click-in cradle. Lots of folks have done it, you can sacrifice some compactness with this bike and still have a remarkably small fold compared to other folders. As for the "in another class" comment, the Brompton - which is bar-and-gears variations on the same model - must be compared to your specific Dahon. There's a countless number of Dahon models, including a ton of Chinese low-spec bikes built for overseas markets we would scoff at here. Your Hon Solo is a 4130 cromoly frame fitted with some very nice, very specific parts for that limited run, and should be the only Dahon we're discussing for this topic. I'd love to have both: I'm crazy about my 6-speed Brommie, and a fixie Hon Solo would be a sweet compliment to 'er. -- 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.
