Brompton wheels with Primos sem to me to be th obvious solution, and I confirm they work fine. ... eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/birdybike ...
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Martin Donnelly
martind@...
Jun 1, 1999 1:51 pm
... Simon, Are you using the 37 mm Primos or the 1" version? From http://www2.bitstream.net/~mstonich/tires/sources.html I read that the 1" version is intended...
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Donald B. Larson
donl@...
Jun 1, 1999 11:41 pm
Hello: I am joining the Birdy Bike e-mail list. I am currently in the market to buy a folding commuter bike to use in a bike to bus to bike style commute....
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Georg Konigsberg
georg@...
Jun 2, 1999 9:51 am
Hello all I am considering buying a Birdy blue in the near future. I checked the some stores in England and the going price was 969 pounds. I was quite shocked...
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Helge Hielscher
hhielscher@...
Jun 2, 1999 9:18 pm
Hello, today I had an bad experience with my birdy. My handlebars broke, where the handlebars are welded to the hinge. I was lucky b/c I has just started to...
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Jfreewheel@...
Jun 3, 1999 2:56 am
DEAR HELGE: Glad to hear you were OK. Do you ride your bike standing up on the cranks or offroad with it sometimes? The reason I ask is that I always tell...
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Helge Hielscher
hhielscher@...
Jun 3, 1999 7:56 am
... I never really used it offroad, but a few times on paths belonging to a cycling path. Also I used it standing up on the cranks sometimes, but not very...
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Martin Donnelly
martind@...
Jun 3, 1999 11:36 am
From: Helge Hielscher <hhielscher@...> ... cranks or ... cycling ... often. ... have to ... Helge, Jay, I probably ought to feel frightened reading...
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Bob Gelman
annelyse@...
Jun 3, 1999 1:59 pm
Dear Helge, Thanks for the news about your bars! Yes, it would be interesting to see some pictures. This is the first time I have heard of this happening on...
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Bob Gelman
annelyse@...
Jun 3, 1999 1:59 pm
Dear Helge/Jay, I've been standing ("honking") to go up hills quite a bit and haven't had any hinge problems like this. Jay did point out to me that there are...
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Helge Hielscher
hhielscher@...
Jun 3, 1999 10:26 pm
here is the attachment ... eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/birdybike http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications...
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Helge Hielscher
hhielscher@...
Jun 3, 1999 10:26 pm
Hi Bob, Yes it the steering post weld to the hinge failed (didnt know how to describe that in english) as you see on the figure attached (have you ever tried...
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Simon Batterbury
Simon.Batterbury@...
Jun 3, 1999 11:05 pm
If you guys are concerned about Birdy hinge failure, consider this anecdote. I was once the proud owner of a single speed Bickerton folder. It never went fast,...
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Simon Batterbury
Simon.Batterbury@...
Jun 3, 1999 11:11 pm
Primo Comet 37mm. Price 14.95 pounds in the UK, probably vastly cheaper in the USA. Usually sold for the Brompton. A standard Birdy inner tube still fits, even...
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Bob Gelman
annelyse@...
Jun 4, 1999 12:07 pm
I've attached a forward from a recent letter to the Brompton-Talk Group. This is to put things in perspective. I've never experienced flex on the Birdy bars....
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Bob Gelman
annelyse@...
Jun 4, 1999 12:17 pm
Dear Helge, Yes, I've heard before that R-M is not very speedy about sending out replacement parts, etc. Here in the USA, we have a company called Burley...
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Helge Hielscher
helge.hielscher@...
Jun 4, 1999 5:41 pm
Here is the picture of it: So what do you think? Helge eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/birdybike www.egroups.com - Simplifying group...
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PdeLeuw@...
Jun 6, 1999 10:09 am
Hello Helge, ... I really do not know something about the warranty of r-m. I looked at my documentation I got with my Birdy. But there is nothing mentioned...
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PdeLeuw@...
Jun 6, 1999 10:09 am
Dear Bob, ... The german catalogue from r-m shows a picture of someone riding a Birdy blue (in Germany it is the model with 3 x 7, 56T chainring and 12 - 28T...
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Geoff Law
geofflaw@...
Jun 6, 1999 10:31 am
My experience with my Moulton APB is that those wheels are just too small for mountainbike type stuff, suspension or no suspension. From Geoff Perth,...
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Wolf-Steffen Brumm
WStBrumm@...
Jun 7, 1999 9:53 am
hallo everyone, i try every rear elastomer (yellow, red, green). I am about 80 kg. The yellow one is too soft for me, between the red and the green I can't...
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Bob Gelman
annelyse@...
Jun 7, 1999 2:57 pm
Dear Steffen, When you spoke of a "jubilee clip" I had no idea what you meant. This term is unknown to me in America. I went to take a look at the Folding ...
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Mike Hessey
mike@...
Jun 7, 1999 3:33 pm
Yes, the jubilee clip is basically a hose clamp. Two nations divided by a common language? It certainly has an effect on the springing, although as I weigh...
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Martin Donnelly
martind@...
Jun 8, 1999 6:04 am
Steffen, In the summer when I'm fitter I like hard tires and stiff suspension. I use my muscles as shock absorbers. In the winter I get lazy and like the bike ...
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PdeLeuw@...
Jun 9, 1999 6:07 am
Hello ... In a german catalogue from Schwalbe I found teh Cruiser II, 47-355, 19,90 DM. Is that the "ppor designed" tire for childrens bikes?? Peter ... ...
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Bob Gelman
annelyse@...
Jun 9, 1999 1:48 pm
Peter, I've seen 18" tires here in the USA at "Toys R US", which is a very large chain of big toy stores (there are many in the US). The last ones I saw were...
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Urban Mobility Concepts
velodroom@...
Jun 10, 1999 10:34 am
... The warranty on frame and fork is 5 years, 1 year for the rest of the bike. Question is: Is the stem part of the frame? I'd suggest to ask r+m. Regards ...
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Andreas Oehler
Andreas.Oehler@...
Jun 10, 1999 11:46 am
... I don't know. I saw a Schwalbe 47-355 for about 20DM in a bike shop. It looks like cheap taiwan tires and was labled with IIRC a max. pressure of 3bar. The...
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jvb@...
Jun 11, 1999 3:56 am
Hello. I have a 7-speed "Jeep" Birdy with the old-style brakes (non- cantilever) that I'd really like to upgrade to use v-brakes. It seems like I would just...
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Wolf-Steffen Brumm
WStBrumm@...
Jun 11, 1999 10:17 am
Hallo Bob, after i found a kind of hose clamp which fit for the rear elastomer i build a sort of adjustment for the rear suspension, like seen on Steve Parrys ...
