Itch scratched.
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Darius_Jedburgh
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Sorry. There's sod all on that but feathers floating across the screen, once you are past the adverts for Far Eastern holidays.
Weird..works for me.
Does this link work?
https://www.freedomfoldingbikes.com/videos/how-its-made/inside-the-factory-brompton/
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Brompton, big mistake. I'll give you £50 for it, which is about all it is worth S/H once you see through the hype.....
- Location
- Inside my skull
Your ride team already in bed again?
cougie uk
Guru
I think I got the fold down to just over 10 seconds when I'd be taking it into the office lift every day.
You can get after market magnetic clasps to help.
cougie uk
Guru
Do they have any Brompton hire boxes near you ?I probably would have done the same. Can’t wait to try one, or something similar sometime. I live in a city where everything is close by, so something like that would be great for scoot-arounds. But so is my urbanized mountain bike. Our apartment building bike room is very handy, so any bike can come out easy, but I’m already stacked 3-bikes deep so I should just behave. Jostling the 3 of them, locking/unlocking, moving is already a bit of a circus. I’m just glad I don’t have to keep any of them in our 2nd floor apartment.Nice find, Darius.
https://www.bromptonbikehire.com/docks
12boy
Guru
- Location
- Casper WY USA
I love mine and it is my favorite unless gravel, snow and ice are the menu du jour. I can carry a lot if weight if I need to and it might be 1/2 mph slower than my big wheel bikes. Round these parts people think nothing of dropping 5k on a mountain bike and the Bromptie is a bargain by comparison. I regularly ride around 20 miles a day and it is no more work than my other rides.
I like the brilliant bikes YouTube presentations and there are lots more on a variety of DIY Bromptie stuff from others as well. I hope your experience with your Brompton is as good as mine has been.
I like the brilliant bikes YouTube presentations and there are lots more on a variety of DIY Bromptie stuff from others as well. I hope your experience with your Brompton is as good as mine has been.
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Julia9054
Guru
- Location
- Knaresborough
A colleague used to work in a bike shop when he was a student. They used to have a fold/unfold a Brompton race every morning. Whoever could do it the fastest got to work on the Brompton section that day
Darius_Jedburgh
Veteran
Thank you. That seems to start properly; I'll watch it in full later.
LeetleGreyCells
Un rouleur infatigable
- Location
- Whitehaven Mansions
I’ve seen people ride audaxes on Bromptons.
Darius_Jedburgh
Veteran
I'm sure they have.
I guess there will be some mtb type set ups as well. Not for me - I'm too soft!
Mrs M
Guru
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Very smart 😎Just had to become a Bromptonaunt. Don't really need one, but I want one.
So I had a word with a man and this arrived today.
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A nice blue 6 speed.
Fortunately SWMBO has just had her new machine so had no grounds for complaint.
I've even managed to fold and unfold it.
Now to find excuses to ride it.
Hope you have lots of fun!
gom
Über Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
I got mine (22 years ago - as noted elsewhere - yawn, yawn) when I was left some money by a relative. No real use for it then or since, but never regretted it. And it has proved very useful of course, making train + bike a viable option many times. I 💛 Brompton.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Good to know. The problem of being an early adopter!