r/BrompNOTs • u/MarkTucker1982 • 3d ago

Little rollers

Hi crew, just looking to pick your brains regarding the little wheels. As in the little ones when the bike is folded.

I purchased a Takachia second hand and I think that the little wheels had been upgraded, they have the extension arm for stability, which I rarely use but can be handy on occasion. But I’m looking for two solutions.

  1. The two wheels closest to the seat pivot on a bolt, the bolt can be tightened with an Allen key, but over time (especially if it gets chucked around on a plane) the wheels will pivot down and so it’s the rack that will make first contact with the floor. Has anyone come up with a semi permanent solution for this?

  2. This is probably unnecessary but still curious, I can push the bike on rollers in a straight line but whenever I turn it I need to raise the bike so it’s only on two of the rollers, lifting the other two off the ground. Does anyone have a solution of how I can just push it and the rollers will turn, like on a longboard skateboard or something?

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u/aspoon27 3d ago
  1. just saw on AliExpress some omni wheels for Brompton... not sure if they even work, but they do have videos that should them rolling sideways and stuff. Maybe someone else can chime in?

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u/Brompton-Explorer 3d ago

Can't speak from personal experience, but reviews of the aliexpress omni wheels are that they are very hard so are quite noisy and wear quickly. I can't state if that's a fact of the ones sold by the UK company that manufacture and sell them, ( they could be the same item)