New pinch bolt for the Brompton 2-speed derailleur changer arrived, so fixed it. Needed to pop out & buy a new cable first, as the useless gits who fitted the previous one cut the end sloppily, so it was too frayed to go through the hole, & there wasn't enough spare on the end to cut off the frayed bit & still have a usable cable. Grrr!
But the 3-speed is now buggered. The nipple came off the end of the cable (I don't remember that happening to me before - & oddly, the nipple looks as if someone's snipped a bit off of it. That useless LBS again?). It stayed inside, blocking the hole I needed to feed the new cable through, & I had to open up the changer to get it out. Carefully saved the little spring that makes it all work, when I dismantled it - then dropped it when putting everything back together. And now I can't find it. AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!
Does anyone know where I can get a new spring for a Brompton 3-speed changer? I suppose I could ask Brompton, but they just sent me 3 (nice to have spares) pinch bolts, when I complained about their authorised dealer wrecking one, so I don't really want to impose on them if I can avoid it, especially as this one is my fault.
At least the derailleur now works.
Almost forgot to say: there was a low tyre pressure problem in the old (scheduled for disposal, but temporarily still in use) audax etc bike. While patching the causative orifice, I realised that riding 60 miles, including some fast downhills, on that tyre was probably unwise. Luckily, I had an old Michelin Axial sitting around, used a bit but still sound. I'd have hated having to put a new tyre on that bike.
