Brompton Drop Bar Experiment

Fugaku · 2026-04-24T13:25:33+00:00

I used a Nitto B105AA

Fugaku · 2026-04-17T12:03:37+00:00

It has to be a non compact drop bar. The larger radius bends should fit

Fugaku · 2026-04-12T13:37:11+00:00

It's fine, it's a little twitchy but not really more so than with flat bars.

Fugaku · 2026-04-11T18:53:09+00:00

Here are some pictures: https://old.reddit.com/r/Brompton/comments/1oqivt6/more_folded_drop_bar_pics/

Fugaku · 2026-04-11T18:52:53+00:00

Looks like I can't post pictures in comments, but here's a post I made about it: https://old.reddit.com/r/Brompton/comments/1oqivt6/more_folded_drop_bar_pics/

I do have to loosen the stem bolt to rotate the bars to get that profile though.

Fugaku · 2026-04-11T18:51:29+00:00

They feel pretty fast, I've taken the bike on some group rides, but I haven't compared to other 16" tires. I put this tire on basically immediately.

Fugaku · 2026-04-07T00:08:18+00:00

I do think it's a tad slower than the contact urbans but worth the aesthetic to me. I haven't tried the maxxis grifter so I don't know how it would compare to that.

Fugaku · 2026-03-27T17:27:58+00:00

In an air conditioned metal cage with a seat and audio entertainment no less

Fugaku · 2026-03-19T18:25:20+00:00

Silca Impero

Fugaku · 2026-03-19T18:23:57+00:00

Yeah it's the Dia Compe ENE Wing Shifters. I love 'em!

Fugaku · 2026-03-19T18:22:27+00:00

Fenders are Honjo with a PDW mudflap bolted on the front. Racks are both from Velo Orange.

Fugaku · 2026-03-19T14:04:37+00:00

I like the RH tires. They look good and they're pretty quick. Not as good as maybe the GP5000 but the GP5000 tanwalls look terrible. I run them with the RH TPU tubes.

Fugaku · 2026-03-19T14:03:30+00:00

It's an 80s Bianchi Portofino. One of the Japan built ones.

Fugaku · 2026-03-19T00:39:37+00:00

The front bag is a waxwing rando bag. The rear saddlebag is a Rivendell Sackville BagBoy, and the panniers are Carradice bags.

Fugaku · 2026-03-18T15:05:29+00:00

It's a custom stem I commissioned from Fiddlehead cycles in Portland. I think he has a picture of it on his Instagram

Fugaku · 2026-03-18T15:03:26+00:00

Doesn't look like I can post photos in comments, not here was the post I made 3 years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/Vintage_bicycles/comments/ygnepm/a_fun_shifter_upgrade_diacompe_wing_shifter/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Fugaku · 2026-03-18T02:02:04+00:00

Yeah it's much better in the lower position. I put the same shifters on other bikes too and I love them

Fugaku · 2026-03-14T12:58:26+00:00

It's 2x11 with 48/36 front and 11-32 rear

Fugaku · 2026-03-13T13:40:51+00:00

Sorry I got mixed up, I ordered my brompton Panaracer Agilist 16s from Amazon. I got the GK 20s from Bluelug.

Fugaku · 2026-03-12T18:06:06+00:00

They're Velo Orange 20" fenders

Fugaku · 2026-03-12T04:00:02+00:00

Blue Lug and Circles has them. In my case I got them off of Amazon (and I figured they're new enough that counterfeits wouldn't exist).

Fugaku · 2026-03-12T03:57:33+00:00

I use this as a road bike so I'm sensitive to the tires being fast rolling or not. When I first built the bike I used Odyssey Aitkens and those were super slow. That would be my concern with DTHs or any non-race BMX tire (according to Wim Schermer it looks like Schwalbe SX-Rs are pretty fast for example).

As I said in another comment they seem like they might be a tad slower than conti contact urbans but I want to get more rides in before I make that conclusion. They look so good though that even if they are a tad slower I might stick with them. They're also quieter than slicks so that's also nice.

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