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I have heard rumours that when Mercs have come up on ebay Bropmton make a complaint and ebay pull the listing, I have never seen one come up on ebay. I know someone who owned a Merc and was very happy with it in terms of its quality.

Very true but Bromptons are not cheap, I could buy 5 or 6 Bickertons for the price of a used Brompton.

Yes its the 1970's version, all aluminium bolted together construction, not the later re-badged Dahons. This is the bike. It was given to me by a friend as the frame hinge was bent and already had 3 other Bickertons. I am in the process of machining a new hinge from solid aluminium so...

Hi All. I have been restoring a Bickerton folding bike with a view to using it for journeys where I want a small light weight folded package to carry around. It occurred to me recently that it would be a fun electric bike. I suspect that few people have been brave enough or daft enough to...

Dingrpdl, did your Ori come with the full rolling kit fitted to the rack or was it a later addition? I have seen the rolling kit on the Ori web site and emailed them about its availability in the UK but didnt get a reply so I made my own.

Just had a look at the Q100, 85 and 75 motors on BMSBattery. It looks like the cable is fed through the centre of the axle in which case they wont be available in quick release format which will be a problem for a Mezzo. It might be possible to fit some kind of wing nuts to the axle so the nuts...

Paul, good to see you back working on the Mezzo again. Here are my thoughts. Dont dismiss a front motor, its the qr that holds and locks the wheel in place in the forks, not the thin stays that used to swing the wheel out when folding. If you can get a motor with a qr then give it more...

It's all gone a bit quiet, have you made any progress Morphix?

This build has already caused you a few headaches, my advice is dont make life any harder for yourself, stick with what you know works, fit the tyres you have and enjoy the bike.

That sounds like the dimension for the overall length of the axle. You need 135mm between the inner faces of the drop-outs or in the case of the hub, between the outer faces of the nuts/spacers on the axle. Is there a spacer between the main body of the hub and the outermost nut on the cassette...

I hope this helps. 1) Rotate the crank so that on the drive side of the bike it points the back of the bike and is horizontal. 2) Rotate the handlebars counter clockwise until the front wheels hits the stop. 3) Lift the catch that holds the rear triangles in place. 4) Lift the bike by...

Have you measures the axle width of the original wheel and the new wheel to see if they are actually the same and do in fact measure 135mm? The catch on the rear that holds the front wheel in the folded position is screwed to the frame so it should be possible to unscrew it, pack it out and use...

My Mezzo had a tyre problem recently, the side wall was breaking down and starting to bulge, interestingly it was a Brompton tyre. I have put the proper Mezzo tyre back on but if you look closely at the Mezzo tyre the Mezzo label says something like 80-100 psi, but the actual moulding on the...

Sounds to me like a tyre / inner tube problem. Did you have any difficulties fitting the tyre to the new rim? Good chance the tyre wall was starting to fail, possibly caused by some previous damage. The higher pressure in the inner tube after you pumped the tyre up would cause a bulge in the...

Another solution, build a new front wheel using the same type of rim so that front and rear match. Front hub is standard so cheap and readily available. My Mezzo is black but it came out of the factory with silver wheels

You could get the hub rebuilt onto the old black rim by missing out some spokes on either side. Its quite a common thing to do on small wheel folders, see the bikeforums discussions. If you decide to get rid of the silver rim I would be interested in buying it as I have Sram dual drive hub...

Interesting comparison Morphix, thanks for posting that. The Dahon does look quite a bit bigger than the Mezzo. The gear change problems might be due to the cable. I had a similar problem on the Mezzo and changed the inner and outer cables, the outer I changed to teflon lined and the problem...

I've just done a completed listings on ebay. Is your bike the one that sold for £256 and came from Huddersfield? It looks like a nice bike form that listing, shame about the condition, I am looking forward to your views after a test ride. Back to the Mezzo, my bike weighs 13kg which includes the...

The clip that holds the front wheel in place via the mud guard stay needs a simple bit of adjusting. There is an allen head grub screw in either side of the clip, simply tighten or slacken each one by a small amount and check the fit and repeat as necessary. Page 27 of the manual, downloaded...

The Mezzo really is a fantastic piece of engineering and very well detailed. I also own a mountain bike designed by John Whyte, the PRST-1, another engineering masterpiece. In the last few months I have been riding the Mezzo regularly, you get some funny looks, I don't think people outside of...