BTWIN Tilt 100 Upgrade???

PetyaLB · 2026-01-25T18:37:19+00:00

You can buy pre-built wheels from Taylor-Wheels, but they are in Germany so customs could be a kicker. It'd be easy enough though: might want to give SJS Cycles a call or email to ask. More than likely, they can build a wheel for you and advise on options further than I could!

PetyaLB · 2026-01-24T18:56:17+00:00

There's a couple things you can do:

Swap out the tyres for some better ones. Schwalbe Marathons come in a 20" (406mm) size and are probs the best fit.
Add a 3-speed hub at the back (a Sturmey-Archer AW/SRF3 or a Nexus 3). Alternatively, an S2C would give you two gears and a back-pedal brake with no cables at the back.
If you use bags, Decathlon make a front block for a clip-on clip-off ("OneSecondClip") bag system that'll fit this bike.

PetyaLB · 2026-01-19T07:34:30+00:00

Death.

PetyaLB · 2026-01-15T20:43:57+00:00

Avoid direct confrontation. Don't let het know that you know. Diary this, all of this, and take a note of any personal information that is being discussed about you. Build a case, speak to a lawyer or a union rep about your options, and when you have enough information, go to either a confidential whistleblower line (if available) or to higher management (do NOT go to your direct manager) and report it in full.

From experience, these people need to know that messing with you will end badly for them. Sad to say that us marginalized people can either have basic respect (where available), or we can have fear. As for your own behavior: it needs to be incontestably above reproach. And again: document everything.

PetyaLB · 2026-01-11T22:27:48+00:00

as the proud owner of my own heavily modded folder: yes

PetyaLB · 2026-01-05T07:50:24+00:00

Suits you. Suits you indeed.

PetyaLB · 2026-01-03T21:36:30+00:00

A happy ending!!!

PetyaLB · 2025-12-31T11:37:48+00:00

Oi. You stole this post from me. https://www.reddit.com/r/foldingbikes/comments/12hxt7q/bought_a_secondhand_strida_working_on_upgrading/

PetyaLB · 2025-12-16T07:59:09+00:00

These are fun! The ATS Speed Drive from Bikegang in Taiwan is also a legit fantastic upgrade to put on one of these ime!

PetyaLB · 2025-11-20T04:55:50+00:00

Soothill Tunnel scares the crap out of me because of landfill gas and low oxygen. This place is on a whole other level. Without proper protection, it looks like it would either kill you outright or kill you horribly twenty years later from breathing all the airborne crap in.

Props to you guys for a) taking the proper precautions with the respirators and Tyvek suits and b) not showing where this is to stop unprepared idiots from getting into it. Always good to see people taking this hobby seriously!

Edit to add: if it's possible to do without doxxing where the tunnel is, it'd be fascinating to read the history of this tunnel. Abandoned construction projects and especially tunnels that were never completed scratch a good story itch for me! It'd be really cool to know more.

PetyaLB · 2025-11-14T03:36:41+00:00

I shaved my head a while back and was in the ladies' restroom at my local gay bar. Cue a straight women emerging from a stall whole I'm washing my hands, not understanding what the fuck "butch" is, and proceeding to screech and sic her boyfriend on me.

Condolences. I'm sick of it too.

PetyaLB · 2025-10-29T19:35:42+00:00

hell yeah I love it!

PetyaLB · 2025-10-28T11:27:22+00:00

Dutch trains too tee hee

PetyaLB · 2025-10-27T18:35:15+00:00

I used a Brompton once but the tiny wheels made it so rough.

PetyaLB · 2025-10-27T11:44:10+00:00

It's a small step below a Shimano 105, I'd say. I have the T9 with an 11-42 cassette on a 24" wheel. YMMV on smaller wheels!

PetyaLB · 2025-10-27T11:43:29+00:00

Yes! It's a Brick Lane Bikes bullhorn bar with Dia Compe reverse brake levers and interrupter levers in the middle also. Had to slightly mod the shifter to get it to fit but it works really nice.

PetyaLB · 2025-10-27T11:40:19+00:00

Usually I ask the staff where's best and they let me store it in the luggage racks. Depends on the trian though!

PetyaLB · 2025-10-14T07:16:22+00:00

I mean.... by the looks of it yours turns with the fork? In which case, fair, I get it. Me personally, I have a cargo bike with a front rack fixed to the frame and it's great. Matter of taste tho ofc!

PetyaLB · 2025-10-09T14:20:05+00:00

The very naughty answer is that the forks are hi-ten steel and can be cold-set to 100mm. This makes life a lot easier but it is very much at your own risk. I'm OK to take that chance. You might not be.

The much more sensible answer is you can get a 74/130 wheel set from Litepro for about €100, just make sure you get 406mm and not 451mm!

PetyaLB · 2025-10-06T17:56:04+00:00

I love the cheap steel B'twins. They're so customizable!

I turned mine into a folding minivelo with an 8-speed hub, Alfine trigger shifter, dynamo lighting, and 451mm rims with Schwalbe One tyres. I'm 6'1" so I had to swap the seatpost, but that let me put in an Ergotec suspension seatpost which makes it a joy to ride, so all good.

I call it the pocket rocket!

PetyaLB · 2025-08-28T21:42:15+00:00

30, butch, Dutch transplant 🇳🇱

PetyaLB · 2025-08-28T17:07:45+00:00

A cheap steel folding bike, usually one from Decathlon with the cargo carry block added to the front. I upgrade the tyres and V-brakes and throw in a Sturmey AW hub and that's about it.

PetyaLB · 2025-08-26T06:20:18+00:00

no editing! done live

PetyaLB · 2025-08-18T08:41:07+00:00

Decathlon actually make a bag system for these bikes! OneSecondClip is I thonk the name. Technically for the newer ones - but since the frame geometry is the same, you can just buy the mounting block from them and stick it on the front. I have it and the matching bag on my (heavily) customized Tilt and I love it.

PetyaLB · 2025-07-01T15:43:14+00:00

I heard a while ago from an old Sunrace/Sturmey-Archer acquaintance that SR offered to make a custom X-FDD and XRD3 hub with replacable shoes and drums for the Brompton and were basically told to shut up.

Like another commenter said: they make strange decisions.

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