bromptons

cas said:

I need a new tire ,a Brompton Kevlar"green". I called a Brompton agent in
Dorset but they said that they could not send it by post as it would get
damaged if folded!

Sounds like that could be bollocks to me... I'd give Darth Ben at
Kinetics a call, he might even still be doing free postage.

Pete.
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Dorchester Cycles.

John.
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I need a new tire ,a Brompton Kevlar"green". I called a Brompton agent
in Dorset but they said that they could not send it by post as it would get
damaged if folded! ...now this will mean that I have to do a 20 ml trip
there and back for a tyre that will cost £18.0 does anyone know of a
Brompton agent in the Poole /Bournemouth area,I have seen quiet a lot of
bromptoms about. thank you in advance ...cas

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Dorchester Cycles.

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Quoted message said:

I need a new tire ,a Brompton Kevlar"green". I called a Brompton agent
in Dorset but they said that they could not send it by post as it would
get damaged if folded! ...now this will mean that I have to do a 20 ml
trip there and back for a tyre that will cost £18.0 does anyone know of a
Brompton agent in the Poole /Bournemouth area,I have seen quiet a lot of
bromptoms about. thank you in advance ...cas

Well they are the ones that i was refering to..Dorchester cycles. "cant
send by post it will crack the bead"I thought they could do it in a
figure of 8. tape it up and send it,how do other shops do it? cas

cas said:

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Dorchester Cycles.

John.
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Quoted message said:

I need a new tire ,a Brompton Kevlar"green". I called a Brompton agent
in Dorset but they said that they could not send it by post as it would
get damaged if folded! ...now this will mean that I have to do a 20 ml
trip there and back for a tyre that will cost £18.0 does anyone know of a
Brompton agent in the Poole /Bournemouth area,I have seen quiet a lot of
bromptoms about. thank you in advance ...cas

Well they are the ones that i was refering to..Dorchester cycles. "cant
send by post it will crack the bead"I thought they could do it in a
figure of 8. tape it up and send it,how do other shops do it? cas

Figure of 8 is a no-no. You can fold a tyre in threes, but not if they
are so small as for a Brompton. But why can't they put the tyre in a box?

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Dorchester Cycles.

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>I need a new tire ,a Brompton Kevlar"green". I called a Brompton
>agent in Dorset but they said that they could not send it by post as it
>would get damaged if folded! ...now this will mean that I have to do a
>20 ml trip there and back for a tyre that will cost £18.0 does anyone
>know of a Brompton agent in the Poole /Bournemouth area,I have seen
>quiet a lot of bromptoms about. thank you in advance ...cas
>

Well they are the ones that i was refering to..Dorchester cycles. "cant
send by post it will crack the bead"I thought they could do it in a
figure of 8. tape it up and send it,how do other shops do it? cas

Figure of 8 is a no-no. You can fold a tyre in threes, but not if they are
so small as for a Brompton. But why can't they put the tyre in a box?

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I used to live in Parkstone Poole. I yhink BJs on Blandford Road, over the
Poole bridge in Hamworthy should help. If not Spa Cyles on the internet or
by telephone will mail no problem, as will Avon Valley Cyclery in Bath.
John.

cas said:

I called a Brompton agent in Dorset but they
said that they could not send it by post as
it would get damaged if folded! ...

It's a tiny little 16" tyre, why would they need to fold it?

Anyway,
http://www.cyclesmart.co.uk/shop/index.php/product/bikes-cm/foldingbikes-cm/bromptonfoldersa-cm//BR13-cm.html
or http://tinyurl.com/bnbdh will do you the same tyre for £18.09 including
delivery.

Tom

http://www.foldingbikes.co.uk/brompton_tyres.htm

http://www.chwhite.btinternet.co.uk/html/brompton_accessories.html

Tom said:

cas said:

I called a Brompton agent in Dorset but they
said that they could not send it by post as
it would get damaged if folded! ...

It's a tiny little 16" tyre, why would they need to fold it?

Indeed. Royal Mail haven't brought in size related postage yet. Of
course my postie mates are likely to bend it about a bit but I think
the BA in Dorset is a bit lacking in the thinking department. Just cut
a piece of old corrugated cardboard box to fold around it like a book
as SJSC did with a couple of Salomon mudguard stays I ordered the
other day.
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Phil Cook said:

Indeed. Royal Mail haven't brought in size related postage yet.

They have for some services. I've recently mailed two 17" tyres to
Germany and only just got the parcel within the H+W+D limit. The tyres
arrived fine, so I wouldn't worry about damage in the mail.

Mike

Mike Causer said:

Phil Cook said:

Indeed. Royal Mail haven't brought in size related postage yet.

They have for some services. I've recently mailed two 17" tyres to
Germany and only just got the parcel within the H+W+D limit.

Strictly speaking that's not size related postage (better known as size
based pricing or, as preferred by Royal Mail, Pricing in Proportion), it's
just a limit on the maximum size they'll handle.

Pricing in Proportion proper starts on August 21st.

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Michael MacClancy

cas said:

I need a new tire ,a Brompton Kevlar"green". I called a Brompton agent
in Dorset but they said that they could not send it by post as it would
get damaged if folded! ...now this will mean that I have to do a 20 ml
trip there and back for a tyre that will cost £18.0 does anyone know of a
Brompton agent in the Poole /Bournemouth area,I have seen quiet a lot of
bromptoms about. thank you in advance ...cas

You can get Schwalbe Marathons in the same size as standard Brompton tyres.
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cas said:

I need a new tire ,a Brompton Kevlar"green". I called a Brompton agent
in Dorset but they said that they could not send it by post as it would
get damaged if folded! ...now this will mean that I have to do a 20 ml
trip there and back for a tyre that will cost £18.0 does anyone know of a
Brompton agent in the Poole /Bournemouth area,I have seen quiet a lot of
bromptoms about. thank you in advance ...cas

You can get Schwalbe Marathons in the same size as standard Brompton
tyres.
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Chris

Thank you all for your help, I will follow up the leads given...regards
cas