I was just wondering, with the turn of the new year upon us shortly, will Brompton release a 2016 model...if they do yearly
models? If so is it worth gettin the new one over this years (2015) edition?
They don't tend to do annual chanes, just make upgrades to better or more effective components as and when.
They are less reliant on the continual development of Shimano gearing for example than mainstream manufacturers so don't have the same commercial imperative to churn out a new model a year.
I was going to get one (finally my cycle2work scheme has been sorted out and I should get the voucher this week) and just didn't want to pick up one this side of chrimbo and find its outdated a week later or something!
The voucher came through yesterday evening by email (I assumed it would be a proper watermarked letter but no, it's just like something I could knock up in Word in 5mins!)
So I have my £1000 to spend!!
It sounds like there's no real reason to hold out for anything next year so I guess I'll be heading to Evans Cycles at the weekend (the only place near me that has Bromptons).
Well I was going to go quite "middle of the road" with an M3L. Then I thought about going up a step and getting the R (I think) so I had the rear rack. Then I started reading some reviews and read one in particular that said he found the 3gear a little weak even on a relatively shallow hill. Now my commute, depending on the route I take, can be up a low-medium hill for half the distance so I wonder now whether I should get an M6L/R...
I have an S6L with reduced gearing (smaller chainring) and as a fat bloke can twiddle it up some pretty steep hills (honking on a Brompton ias nigh on impossible) and still have a tall enough gear for hammering along the flatlands. Lowered gearing good for fully loaded camping trips too.
The rack's best feature it seems is for wheeling the folded bike around where it's notably better than the non-rack version.
Luggage best carried on the front.
Marathon tyres.
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