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 Thu 17 Oct 13 16:04 
 This morning's idiot cyclist - Bromptonaut
>> That sounds right. I'm just a bit concerned/fed up that a £1000 bicycle fails like
>> this after 3 days. Is it just going to keep on happening? If it breaks
>> every week, it's not much use to anyone.

I hope and believe you've just been unlucky - failure out of the box suggests a faulty component or miss-assembly.

In fourteen years and two Bromptons the worst I've had is a couple of cable breaks, both due to wear/corrosion. Only bought the second because they'd improved a lot between 99 and 09 and work offered a C2W salary sacrifice scheme*. The old one was still serviceable until earlier this year when I removed the hub gear for overhaul and have yet to reassemble it.

*I still owe the final 'market value' payment on this bike. Waiting to see if HR have remembered and ask for it before I ride off into the sunset in 6 weeks time. My money is on them having shredded relevant paperwork in one or another of their office moves.
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 Ok, just don't do this to your mountain ..  bathtub tom 11 Oct 13 16:36
 Ok, just don't do this to your mountain..  Runfer D'Hills 11 Oct 13 16:42
 Ok, just don't do this to your mountai..  bathtub tom 11 Oct 13 17:57
 Ok, just don't do this to your mountain ..  Rudedog 11 Oct 13 16:46
 Ok, just don't do this to your mountain..  Runfer D'Hills 11 Oct 13 16:51
 Ok, just don't do this to your mountai..  Duncan 11 Oct 13 17:01
 Ok, just don't do this to your mount..  Runfer D'Hills 11 Oct 13 17:08
 Ok, just don't do this to your mountain..  borasport 12 Oct 13 16:23
 Ok, just don't do this to your mountai..  Robin O'Reliant 12 Oct 13 16:33
 Ok, just don't do this to your mount..  Runfer D'Hills 12 Oct 13 16:42
 Ok, just don't do this to your mount..  Duncan 13 Oct 13 08:24
 Ok, just don't do this to your moun..  CGNorwich 13 Oct 13 08:40
 Ok, just don't do this to your mou..  Slidingpillar 13 Oct 13 09:03
 Ok, just don't do this to your mo..  CGNorwich 13 Oct 13 09:43
 Ok, just don't do this to your m..  Duncan 13 Oct 13 09:58
 Ok, just don't do this to your..  CGNorwich 13 Oct 13 10:13
 Ok, just don't do this to your mo..  Zero 13 Oct 13 10:45
 Ok, just don't do this to your m..  Clk Sec 13 Oct 13 10:55
 Ok, just don't do this to your m..  Slidingpillar 13 Oct 13 13:34
 Ok, just don't do this to your moun..  Manatee 13 Oct 13 08:57
 Ok, just don't do this to your mou..  Dutchie 13 Oct 13 13:59
 Ok, just don't do this to your mou..  Bromptonaut 13 Oct 13 22:53
 Ok, just don't do this to your mo..  Runfer D'Hills 14 Oct 13 09:45
 Ok, just don't do this to your m..  NortonES2 14 Oct 13 10:44
 Ok, just don't do this to your..  Runfer D'Hills 14 Oct 13 10:47
 Ok, just don't do this to your mountai..  Bromptonaut 17 Oct 13 16:05
 Light fantastic  Runfer D'Hills 14 Oct 13 21:38
 Light fantastic  Zero 14 Oct 13 21:57
 Light fantastic  Runfer D'Hills 14 Oct 13 22:08
 Light fantastic  Armel Coussine 15 Oct 13 00:47
 Light fantastic  No FM2R 15 Oct 13 01:06
 Light fantastic  Armel Coussine 15 Oct 13 01:42
 Light fantastic  Alanovich 15 Oct 13 10:32
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