chriscross1966
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Someone has just put pictures up on one of the Facebook Brompton Groups of a 5.7Kg Bromopton that still has the standard frame.... the rest of it (even the hubs) is mostly carbon fibre
5.7kgs I reckon ;-)Ooooo....I wonder how much?
5.7 Kilodollars5.7kgs I reckon ;-)
If they made it from a stronger steel it could be thinner and/or butted. I think the current frame is just hi-tensile steel. Fillet brazing would need to be looked at too: they do that because no-one makes lugs to suit but a good air-hardening chromoly steel could be TIG welded.Although aesthetically the Brompton is a wonderful thing, it is just so massively over-engineered in places. The main tube just doesn't need to be as big and bulky as it is.
Yet another record (5.24 KG). Nothing from brompton I am afraid. But the possibility ... .