Growtac Equal Brakes x Brompton

The perfect Brompton for commuting?

A commuter bike should be a single speed unless I live in San Francisco. The only two cables hanging around my frame should be the brake cables. It should have a rack or mounts for anything cages. A commuter bike should run fast rolling tires, with the risk of punctures but fast rolling.

Disc brakes a must!

A commuter bike should be a dirty bike, if it’s clean I either wash it every day or I don’t use it every day. It doesn’t matter how much it costs. A commuter bike should be expensive, the excuse is that I would’ve spent the money anyway on public or personal transport.

List of parts I used to turn the Brompton into a single speed disc brake commuting machine:

• Kinetics Brompton Triangle Integral Rack

• Sun CR18 16 x 1 3/8 349 ABT Alloy Rim - Black - 32 Holes

• Hope Pro 4 Trials Rear Hub (Single Speed)

• Hope Race X2 Lightweight 6 Bolt Floating Disc Rotor - 160mm

• Reverse Single Speed conversion kit with 13 sprocket

• Kinetics Disc Brake Fork for Brompton

• Sun CR18 16 x 1 3/8 349 ABT Alloy Rim - Black - 32 Holes

• Hope Pro 4 MTB Quick Release Front Hub

• Hope Race X2 Lightweight 6 Bolt Floating Disc Rotor - 160mm

• Halo XL Hex Key Skewer Set

• Growtac Equal Brakes Post Mount Purple

• Post to IS Disc Brake Adaptors Front / 160mm

• Post to IS Disc Brake Adaptors Rear / 160mm

• Paul Components Canti Lever - Pair - Polished