Itch scratched.

[kayakerles]

Do they have any Brompton hire boxes near you ?

https://www.bromptonbikehire.com/docks

Yeah,Cougie ~ It looks like there are a few in my tri-state area, Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia. I don’t have a car so I would have to make a journey by metro, but I think I could swing it. I will have to do so, just out of real curiosity as to what they are like. All this Brompton talk has me wondering what these sharp wonders of engineering are like. I see they even make electric ones too, but I am not after those yet.

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

I don't live in a big city, or even a big town - thankfully!
My knowledge of London commuters is limited to comments on here and what I see on TV. When I watch the news, and a reporter is live on air it is very noticeable the number of Brommies whizzing past behind them. Few big wheel bikes presumably due to train travel problems.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Brommies are great for mixed mode commutes or journeys. They are also really agile and you have a good high view. So great for traversing built up traffic.

 

[FrankCrank]

Don't forget you can sell the empty Brommie box for a tidy sum. Imagine if you could get someone like Banksy to do a quick sketch on it what it would sell for

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

I've just watched the programme. Never knew frames were powdercoated inside and out. Excellent.

 

[TheDoctor]

I love mine and it is my favorite unless gravel, snow and ice are the menu du jour.

My M12R is the bike of choice if it's snowy, icy or just slippery. There's far less of it to get tangled up with when the bike goes in three different directions and I get an unexpected lie-down in the slush...

 

[12boy]

My M12R is the bike of choice if it's snowy, icy or just slippery. There's far less of it to get tangled up with when the bike goes in three different directions and I get an unexpected lie-down in the slush...
I could give it a try with my Scwalbe studded snows.

 

[palinurus]

My M12R is the bike of choice if it's snowy, icy or just slippery. There's far less of it to get tangled up with when the bike goes in three different directions and I get an unexpected lie-down in the slush...

Sold mine (an M3) quite a while ago but I did ride it home in the snow once- easy to drop the saddle and use legs as outriggers when going downhill.

 

[Fab Foodie]

My M12R is the bike of choice if it's snowy, icy or just slippery. There's far less of it to get tangled up with when the bike goes in three different directions and I get an unexpected lie-down in the slush...

It's another reason why I use mine for the pub! Ended-up making a Foodie shaped imprint on a Norfolk lane hedge on Friday night's ride back...it's easy to get back onto a Brompton....must have been gravel or summat....
The next day, the imprint was still there!

 

[Rocky]

It's another reason why I use mine for the pub! Ended-up making a Foodie shaped imprint on a Norfolk lane hedge on Friday night's ride back...it's easy to get back onto a Brompton....must have been gravel or summat....
The next day, the imprint was still there!

I bet Wimps fell about laughing too.....

 

[Rocky]

I ride my Brommie most of the time now......since last year's back operation it is the most comfortable bike for my lumbar spine. It's just as quick as my other bikes too.

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

I'd like a little wire basket to go on the front for occasional use. I can buy a pricey Brompton thing but that's not sensible.
I can buy a bracket to put on a basket, but which basket is best? Don't want a massive thing, just smallish job for T&O use.
Have any of you cobbled something together?

 

[TheDoctor]

People have said good things about the Wilko basket iirc.

 

[GM]

I ride my Brommie most of the time now......since last year's back operation it is the most comfortable bike for my lumbar spine. It's just as quick as my other bikes too.

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I see you've changed your handle bars, much better with those grips as well!
I can throughly recommend Schwalbe One tan wall tyres, they roll so much better. Glad your backs on the mend!

 

[Rocky]

I see you've changed your handle bars, much better with those grips as well!
I can throughly recommend Schwalbe One tan wall tyres, they roll so much better. Glad your backs on the mend!

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Yes, the M bars are far better than the P ones (in my opinion) - not sure why I ever chose them. I've got marathon pluses at the moment which are wearing a bit thin......I might change them for those tan walls - they look good.