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Fixie Brompton folding bike - Alloy frame, Phil Wood, 9kg.         Featured Bike! on 10/26/2010

By Littlepixel on 06/30/2008. Bike tags: Commuter | kierin | phil wood
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Merc alloy cloned 'Brompton' frame

Flipped + Shortened North Road bars, Custom made adjustable QR stem

Brompton Ti fork

Pantour Suspension hub laced by 16 spokes to 19mm Velocity Aerohead rim. 19mm Pr1mo Champ wheelchair tyre

Phil Wood 110 OLN Kierin Track hub; 12t Phil Wood Sprocket laced by 16 spokes to 19mm Velocity Aerohead rim.

Campag Centaur Carbon 165mm cranks

Ti post /Butchered Ti B17

Pov-spec Shimano SPD

52-12 giving about 70 inches

My sub-9 kilo folder; Packs in a case for flying and is a hoot to ride; Built the wheels myself; Parts from all over the place.

People who friended this bike Littlepixel, wes m., TKeramidas, mr.2ter, Carabo, stinky pete, usertwenty, Miura, cat0020, Dirty Tiger, mastronaut, mircsterus, Indians44987, jayohachen, per.k, mafffoster, iRideFixedToo, wonderkid, keeyop,
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Brompton Phil Wood Rear Wheel

Submitted by learn2route on 03/05/2013.

I would like to check whether can the Phil Wood hub be install with a freewheel. The other question is can the original Phil wood bolt-on nut be use together with the brompton chain tensioner as my understanding is the chain tenisoner just hook onto the rear axle.

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brompton

Submitted by wonderkid on 12/08/2010.

awesome bike, but too bad brompton makes it so difficult to swap out parts... if they got on board with a user friendly fixie, loads of people would jump on them...

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chain tensioner and no foot

Submitted by scmalex on 10/27/2010.

chain tensioner and no foot retention on a fixed gear?
big no-no

haha
nice bike though. makes me want to build up a fixed gear folder for travel

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sick bike

Submitted by tomthetank on 10/10/2011.

The chain tensioner is to keep the chain from slacking and falling off while folded. And those are spd pedals, so you can clip into them with cleats. Fine, fine job here. Big ups!

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hmm

Submitted by per.k on 10/28/2010.

where does it say it's a fixed gear? could be ss...

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the title says "fixie" and

Submitted by scmalex on 11/13/2010.

the title says "fixie" and it has a phil wood track hub.

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Silly question...

Submitted by stinky pete on 02/16/2009.

I’m going to ask a silly question, so don’t take it wrong, OK?

Doesn’t that seat feel like riding a thong? Not that I would know mind you. I have just suffered from seat induced numbness for years now without finding the right seat. I’d say that one isn’t for me…

Anyways, I really DO like your bike, something about those full size wheels being so small and all, just too cool…!

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Saddle

Submitted by Miura on 03/09/2009.

Even though it looks really uncomfortable, Brooks Swallow is surprisingly on the comfortable side. Since this B17 is cropped to look like a Swallow, it should have a similar ride. The fact with the leather is, it gets more and more comfortable after some use, takes the shape of the rider's butt.

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Brooks Swallow

Submitted by jayohachen on 02/05/2010.

+1 on the Brooks Swallow. Mine has only gotten better the more I ride it. BTW. This has to be the most kick-ass Brompton I've even seen in pictures or real life. The bars/saddle combo look sick. What's the ride like? I always assumed it would be like riding one of those razors.

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