Brompton carry handles..the latest craze

[bromptonboy]

Hi, I have one of the leather ones, www.raw-uk.com bit expensive but extremely well made and looks the part if you have got a Brooks saddle, it works too. I tried carrying the bike when unfolded without a handle which was fine in the summer months but in the winter in can get nasty underneath the bar and you end up with a dirty mitt, handle keeps me clean.

Love my Brompton, just awesome bit of kit cant imagine being without it.

What other accessories have you guys got? Any recommendations?

 

[Blue Hills]

Sorry bromptonboy - still not convinced.

Wouldn't you be wearing gloves in the winter?

Summer as well for that matter.

I can't say i have ever had a problem with just holding the bar.

I am sure plenty of other "enhancements" are being thought up for the brommie even as i tap this in.

And to think sales guys used to obsess about minor enhancements to their cavaliar or whatever.

Not suggesting that you are such a status obsessed soul but i don't buy the practicality of this handle thing.

I agree with you totally about the bike of course.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

We got a new mattress from Ikea recently, it came rolled up secured with webbing & velcro strap with a handle. I thought of making a carry handle out of it but in the end decided it was an unneeded luxury. It was very much the same idea as this & free. Even if buying the materials to make one it'd be far cheaper and dead easy to do.

 

[Berties]

That reminds me must get my Gucci chain and pedal cover patented,saves getting your suit dirty whilst using the carrying strap,
Some one will buy it !

 

[Blue Hills]

That reminds me must get my Gucci chain and pedal cover patented,saves getting your suit dirty whilst using the carrying strap,
Some one will buy it !

Ah but of course you'd have a chauffeur to carry the Brommie for you

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

I really don't see the point. The frame is way more comfortable as a carrying point, and the centre of gravity varies depending on whether or not you have a bag fitted and what's in it, so a fixed-position handle is just stupid.

Don't criticise until you've tried. I carry my B a lot up n down stairs on wards etc etc. The strap handle thing makes this far easier.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Sorry bromptonboy - still not convinced.

Wouldn't you be wearing gloves in the winter?

Summer as well for that matter.

I can't say i have ever had a problem with just holding the bar.

I am sure plenty of other "enhancements" are being thought up for the brommie even as i tap this in.

And to think sales guys used to obsess about minor enhancements to their cavaliar or whatever.

Not suggesting that you are such a status obsessed soul but i don't buy the practicality of this handle thing.

I agree with you totally about the bike of course.

An unnecessarily aggressive answer based on sticking your finger in the wind. I've been a multiple B owner since 2009 and the handle is one if the best £40 I've spent on one.

 

[Blue Hills]

Nothing aggressive about my post at all - it started with the word "sorry" to introduce a valid difference of opinion and ended with an agreement. I'd go for a ride on one of your multiple brommies if i were you and calm down-get a grip/handle or whatever on yourself if i were you.

Merry christmas.