8 gears for the price of 6!
It's been a while since I posted - a busy few months - but I did say I would give un update on how my B75 conversion went, and whether I could convert a B75 to an Alfine 8 hub, and upgrade its components to those of a regular M6L Brompton, for less than the price of a six-speed. At the time, the cheapest M6L was £1275. (Now its equivalent, the C-Line Explore, is upwards of £1350)
Let's see how I got on...
The B75 is a great value Brompton, at £850 (even better when it was £750!). It has been succeeded by the Brompton A-Line which, apart from sounding like a frumpy skirt, is basically the same bike but in white. The price is the same, although I'm struggling to find one for sale online!
So my task was to take the B75 as my base, and see if it could be upgraded to standard M6L Brompton, AND converted to an 8-speed...