Why Upgrade to EasyWheels on your Brompton Foldingbike
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
- Did you notice that Bromptons left pedal is smaller then Bromptons rigth pedal?
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▶️Brompton Easy Wheels Extender - MiniM+Ds (Nyce Wheels NY)
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▶️Aluminium Triangle Rear Rack H&H (Dino Kiddo, Amazon.com)
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▶️Brompton original Rear Rack
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▶️Mini Bike Pump Portable 150 Psi
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▶️Marathon Plus 16x1.35
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▶️Schwalbe Marathon HS Green Guard 5 16x1.35
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▶️Brooks Cambium Carve Saddle C17 (ciclourbano.com.br)
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My Brompton is a 2017 M6L Blue Lagoon with a 44T
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GREAT! You are wondrous. I love the extension and I never would have realized what the problem was without your clear explanation.
Warmest regards
Jennie
Hi Jennie
Upgrading for nicer EasyWheels and a EasyWheel extension greatly improves the way you push and pull your Brompton.
It is a very nice upgrade.
Keep Safe! Keep Riding!
Always lovely to see you regardless of the content 🤗. My best friend moved several states away to take care of her mother and you remind me of her so much! Thanks again for an informative video and this is definitely an issue I had on my initial Brompton demo ride (right heel catching)
Hi NoZenith
Nice to give you so nice memories😊
It took me more them a year to understand why it happens.
And it is a very easy fix.
Keep Safe! Keep Riding!
@@ChrisbyBike yeah, I could see why it happened because that hinge on the left pedal automatically offsets your foot from the bike. I didn't realize it was this easy to fix with a narrower EZ wheel though! Thank you again for your experience 😊
It is amazing, after we know the solution the problem seems so simple 😊👍🏻😊👍🏻
A Scotsman who lives in Germany likes you videos. Muito obrigado.
Hi Francis Kennedy
I'm glad you like them. I have a lots of fun producing the channel
Greetings to Scotland and Germany.
Nice to have you onboard!
Thank's for your video :-) Just a remark about the Brompton Easy Wheel scam: they sell you a more than 1500€ bicycle, supposedly top quality... which comes with some shitty small wheels everybody says you have to change. You even say it grabs your right shoes!
Hi Juan Luna
Yes, that is true for the old Bromptons.
The new T and P line came with a bigger and much better EasyWheel, stop disk and Hinges
Hope that, with time all the improvements will reach the C and A Line.
Nice to have you on board!
Got them on mine and the grips you recommended. Thanks
Hi Chris Pig
Great! 👍🏻😊👍🏻😊
Aceoffix wheels ordered along with London Craftwork extender. Should be here next week. Will let you know how I get on. Love your videos, Chris. Bye from the sunny South Coast of England xx
Hi William Rutter
Great upgrades! They will make push/pull your Brompton much easier and fun.
Greetings to South Coast of England.
Nice to have you onboard!
The exact thing happens to me with the shoes, good advice
Hi Anddy
It took me a couple of years to notice the size difference on the pedals.
The EasyWheel upgrade is a must.
Nice to have you on board!
Thank you from Germany
Hi Angel Lisa
I'm glad you like it!
Greetings to Germany
Nice to have you on board!
Hi Chris
I have bought easy wheels and an extender can you do a video how I can put this on and take off the original wheels from the rack I love watching your videos you explain very well how to do things thanks so much look forward to seeing more of them Gill 👍😊
Hi Gill Ibrahim
Congrats for your new upgrades.
I've mounted mine at Nyce Wheels NY. But I'll do some research to check how it is done. If possible, I'll make a video. I think it will help a lot's of Bromptons riders.
Nice to have you on board!
There's always one that is trouble! Keep Safe Chris!!
Hi Sheila Stallard
There's always one...
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My easywheel set is made with a carbon tube in the middle and aluminium ends to be boltet on the frame, for less weight!
Hi Finn Carl Bomholt Sørensen
That's cool, love it 👍🏻😊
You say the Velcro is for holding the back wheel in place. Can you please explain.
I have a Brompnot, (Brompton clone) I love it!
mine is by Litepro it came with the easy wheels but I added the extender amongst other things!
I know here in Thailand you can find on Lazada the tries for these easy wheels if your rim itself is not bent!
something to think about!
Hi Irongoatrocky
The easywheel extension is fantastic. It helps a lot when pushing the bike.
I've seen some Brompton clones and always wondered how tough they are.
Nice to have you on board!
Great review grandma
Hi Murugnimai b
I'm glad you like it!
Nice to have you on board!
Two questions Chris, What size are the wheels and does the taller folded bike make it more difficult to fit in a luggage when you travel? Thank you for all the great videos, I always look forward to them.
Hi Eric Ollander
My Easy wheels are 6cm of diameter.
And No, they do not interfere when I pack my Brompton on a Delsey 29 or on an Ikea Dimple Bag. And I always place some close underneath the rack so the wheels do no get all the weight of the Brompton when the luggage is trough around the Airport.
Keep Safe! Keep Riding!
I've just got a reasonably priced pair of titanium 65mm easy wheels. Heavier than aluminium, but hopefully a bit tougher after seeing this
Hi Stolenorange
Titanium is a great material.
Tell me later how it worked out.
Nice to have you on board!
Great video. Thanks for explaining why my right foot sometimes hits the wheel. It looks like you have a different rack than the standard Brompton? If so, have you done a video on it? I'd like to see a comparison. The back wheel upgrade solution should work for me too. Thanks again!
Hi Dale Steele
I have a H&H Aluminium rack. I've haven't done a specific video about it, but next time I encounter a Brompton friend that has the original rack, I'll do a comparison video.
I like it very much, it is small but do the job with excellency. I do recommend.
Nice to have you onboard!
@@ChrisbyBike As a happy owner of a "Ligthweight" (black version!) I did find the original type Brompton rack, also a longer version, made from titanium, instead of the ordinary Alu versions, but I have lately bought and got the more solid/heavier, black H&H type version also, as Yours (I'm not sure it is actually an original H&H, but it looks the part).
My large, new 10 cm wheels functions fine also, as I'm now used the have my heels turned free, when riding my Brompton. And I have replaced the extension-bar, for the easy wheels, with a special black version with a carbon tube in the middle, and alu to the side, for bolting it to the bike. I'm not sure it is actually any lighter than other versions, but it looks good!! I have now replaced my seat post with a standard, solid black titanium version, which is a little short for me, and it "sinks" while using it. A fact I found out, as I may pull it all out to the stop before use, so I need to adjust it at intervals, when riding. I know that for a normal seat post it is possible to get some special grease to fix it in the frame, and I may try that, but Brompton has a plastic insert in the frame, so I don't know if it will function?
Hi Finn Carl Bomholt Sørensen
I would try the plastic sleeve first to see if it fix your problem.
Keep Safe! Keep Riding!
I went through a stage of trying to 3d print my own easy wheels. The ones on the rack seem to be the ones under the most stress so I got inline skate wheels there.
Also, to stop the bolts undoing themselves I put blue threadlock on the bolts. I was taught by a bunch of racing drone pilots to always use it when screwing metal into metal so figured it would apply to the bike too, and so far so good
Hi Tina Stormcaller
3D printer🤔 interesting, did it worked fine?
I've been told about the blue treadlock, it is a great solution for metal to metal.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Nice to have you onboard!
@@ChrisbyBike Also a product named "Locktite" is fine for this job (It comes in versions both as glue and just preventing a bolt or nut to go free). One of my hinge screws got loose from its axle, so when I unscrew it, its only the wheel that unscrews and its axle stays inside the bike, to eventually being unscrewed by the little security bolt, which keep it stuck inside the frame, unlike the orginal locking bolts, which are able to be totally removed from the frame.
Hi Finn
Sadly we do not have this product of Lokelitte here in Brasil. But I've been told it is very eficiente 👍🏻😊
@@ChrisbyBike I'm sure You are able to find Locktite Online! As I have used it on my black "wheel" and its bolt, they are now fixed together and doesn't separate any more! And with the extra "security bolt" at the other end of my, un-original bolts, prevents them from being totally unscreved from the frame, and to eventually become lost during that!!
I wonder why didn't Brompton think about that solution also, having done an efford for the saddles pin not to be removed from the bike?? It is hard to ride a Brompton without having any security from its being folded, during the ride! ;-)
Hi, what's blue threadlock?
One of the first things I did on my new Lightweight Brompton was to change the easy wheels to a larger, custom size, with titanium bolts. And also to find new carbon handlebars, both an H and a Sport, for test, to see which one functioned the best for riding. As a former racing and MTB rider I like to lean forward. But I do like a conservative look and set of grips made from leather and with a Brompton, folding bike sign on them! At least for now I haven't planned any travels with my bike, in my B&W hard box, but I did bring it to Danish Bornholm some time ago, and rode round a lot during that stay, going up very steep hills with a non functioning chain gear. It became fixed when I came home.
Hi Finn
And wich Handlebar did you decide for? The S or the M?
I'm also a Road biker, I'll love to have a Brompton S6
What happen with your gear?
@@ChrisbyBike It seems that either I got tricked by my dealer, which as an Authorised Bromton Dealer only uses original parts, or the tensioner didn't fit the bike, as they do claim? But I got it back with a new, original tensioner, and now it functions again, and I again had it on a trip to the Rocky Island of Bornholm, north of Germany in the Baltic sea. The old tensioner seemingly has the same size and lenght of arms as the original, so eventually I will try to refit it, and if it functions, I will claim fraud from the dealer!
And I had use for all my 6 gears in the hilly area around our house, and sometimes even had to walk uphill for long stretches (I'm an old and too heavy man for this shit!)!! And going down again, I did hope that my brakes could stand the strain and heat, as I often had to stop before I met the "cattle protection", a row of thick iron tubes accross the road, over a ditch, so that only cars could pass them, and they would keep the free living cattle and sheep inside the area. If they don't want to move away from the road, it's Your problem! 😁
Hi Finn
I do have a carbon handlebars on my road bike. But I'm always afraid it will brake.
👍🏻😊
Hi Finn
We do have them in Brazil. It is very hard to cross them.
Hi Chris! Thanks for your really useful videos :) I'm torn between 80mm wide wheels (like the roller blade ones), 80mm thinner wheels (as thin as your aceoffix ones), or the 60mm aceoffix wheels. Which would you recommend for metro rides and for rolling about carrying groceries?
Hi Nur Fadhilah Wahid
I like the bigger, narrower wheels better so you don't touch them with your right foot. and allow a greater distance from the ground. Much easier to do groceries with them.
Keep Safe! Keep Riding!
@@ChrisbyBike thanks!
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I have seen that it is possible to buy a set of wheels in a wider version, but the further out they come, it is more easy to hit them with a heel! And the smaller diameter wheels are mostly useless, unless on a very flat surface, from my opinion. Myself I have bought both a standard, short Brompton rack, and a longer version (both Titanium, of course, for my Lightweight!), but I could only find them as "metallic", so I intend to give them a proper black finish when it becomes a little warmer up here in the high North. As a former, also industrial painter, besides my education, I will be able to make them look at least as good as the bikes other black equipment! 😉
Okay, I can - now see Your "Horns", in each end of the handlebar, and they go on each side of the wheel! I have wondered how it was possible to use those, but on mine I have two "classic" round leather ones, with a "Brompton" folding bike print on them, and locked and secured in each end with a screw! Of two possible length versions I could only fit the short one on my classic H. or - maybe M. handlebar (I'm not that sure of which version I have on my 2020 Lightweight?). I also use leather flaps on my mudguards. It's a BROMPTON, and it looks like one!
Hi Finn Carl Bomholt Sørensen
I use the GP2 adjusted so it does not touch the floor when folded. The bigger EasyWheels help a lot.
Keep Safe! Keep Riding!
@@ChrisbyBike I have just found a set of, rather expensive 10 cm Easy Wheels for mine, making it a "Tank" instead of a bike only able to be used and rolled on a totally flat surface, as the original (And rather useless) Easy-wheels are much too small. You may also buy a set of brackets for those without any need of being able to roll a folding bike!
Hi Finn Carl Bomholt Sørensen
Bigger EasyWheels help a lot on day-to-day use.
Keep Safe! Keep Riding!
And, you may use a product named Locktite as glue for the bolts. It is sold in different versions, also to be able to to be removed again.
Hi Finn Carl Bomholt
I've couldn't find it in Brasil 😔
i've read in reddit that the brompton easy wheels were purposely made plastic and weaker so in case of big impacts, it would break first rather than bending the frame part its attached to. there is logic there but is that really true? haha or this you experience any bending on your frame using aftermarket easy wheels?
planning on replacing the stock wheels on my C line and just want to make sure I dont accidentally bend the frame haha
Thanks!
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I notice you don’t have guards on yr bike.. I have been contemplating removing mine besides a very small weight save I want to travel and keep the bike simple.. can you give me any feedback back please.. also thank you for your video .. I’ll change my wheels while I’m at it 😂
Hi David
It is lighter and looks cleaner, but if you use your Brompton everyday as transportation. I would recommend keeping the fenders.
Nice to have you on board!
"Things happen" 👍
Hi Blue Yonder
Always!
Better Safe, then sorry 👍🏻😊
Always very Nice to have you onboard!
The thinner wheel advantage was well demonstrated- wonder why Brompton doesn’t listen.
Hi Rajbir Singh
Yes, they did listen!
The new EasyWheels for Brompton T Line are thinner and bigger than original Brompton EasyWheels.
Nice to have you on board!
ny ny good
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Would love to but it's so expensive and with a rack I need 4 of theses :/
Hi Guyln Town
They are around 25 dollars each.
Start with the frame wheels, and when possible, if necessary, you upgrade the other ones.
I did step by step. First the rack, later 2 wheels and several months lather the other 2.
Keep Safe! Keep Riding!
Why you don't use mudguard? I am now deciding to put or not to put.
Hi Sean Yushi
I get asked this a lot.
"Why don't I use mudguards?"
It depends on how you use your Brompton.
If you use it every day and you can't choose whether you're going to ride in the rain or not.
If you live in a city tha rains without notice .
Those are a perfect situation to use Mudgards.
I don't ride much in the rain, but this week I'll be posting 2 Quick Tips on riding in a raining day.
Hope to be of some help.
Nice to have you on board!
@@ChrisbyBikeI've always wanted to ask u that but after watching so many videos of yours, u never mentioned. But how ironic, after asking you then i just saw your video about the mini rack and there you mentioned why you don't use fenders ☺
Hi Sean Yushi
Yes I've made that video because I noticed that I received a lot of questions about the fenders and the triangle rack.
But if I lived in London I would definitely use Paralamas 👍🏻😊🌷
where did yo get your velcro strap from?
Hi Dale Herbert
Any good Velcro will do. It has to be at least 35 centimeters long to be able to go around the frame and the wheel.
Here are some ideas on Amazon.UK
amzn.to/3zmGraV
Nice to have you onboard!
@@ChrisbyBike Thank you.
You are welcome
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I am from Israel
Are the easywheels sold by brompton?
Hi
Yes, they made a bigger EasyWheels from the original one.
But you can find it easy at Aliexpress and Amazon.
There is a link on my video description to the ones I'm using. They are very solid and easy to push.
Nice to have you on board!
The small wheels are "useless" unless on a totally flat surface. I have just found an expensive set of "10 cm" wheels from China!!! ;-)
Hi Finn Carl Bomholt Sørensen
The EasyWheel is the first upgrade that we do. It makes a lot of difference on rolling our Brompton
Keep Safe! Keep Riding!
@@ChrisbyBike At first I upgraded to the larger, original plastic Brompton versions, but then found some more flashy and special metal wheels, but also I think around 8 cm. But now I have found a set of 10 cm wheels, which I have ordered from China. And now waaaaaaits for to arrive.
Hi Finn Carl Bomholt Sørensen
The bigger wheels are a lot better to push the Brompton.
And look cooler 😊👍🏻
way don't Brompton put, easy wheels as standard , lol ,
Hi Tony Lam
That would help a lot.
But this way give us a chance to have a personalized Brompton 👍🏻😊
Nice to have you onboard!