Yes. Good product. My wife has one purchased new in 2014. M-type. My son shared it when he was shorter. I think "smm" above got it right.
Historically, I've seen a lot of nonsense hype about the Brompton (16"-wheel Brompton in particular). No matter what the ads suggested: * They aren't light to lift or carry. * Many (Most?) tall people (>5'10") would find them uncomfortable to ride because of their height alone. (The notion of being 6'4" and riding a Brompton by choice is just jarring.) * They don't handle like >=26"-wheel bikes (or even like my 2014 Bike Friday 20"-wheel folder). * Shifting has been "okay" but has never been "care-free" on the Brompton we have (2 cogs and a 3-speed internal hub in the rear). The current shifting systems, even if a 2x3 like ours, may be better now. However, those shortcomings are not close to fatal, just characteristics somewhere between "decent" and "very good", as opposed to "excellent". If possible, ride a Brompton for yourself before investing in the idea of owning one. The ads and marketing I've seen have not exaggerated the convenience of the bike in general. The fold in particular. And, given that they weigh what they weigh, they are very convenient to carry (way more so than, say, my not-so-much-foldable-as-mangle-able Bike Friday). Bromptons are as close to George Jetson's car/briefcase as real life offers. And the Front Carrier Block luggage system is wonderful. (I'm definitely, perhaps pathologically, a bike bag person.) You can even get a sorta-normal rack in back without much compromise to the whole package. And don't forget "shopping cart mode"! Seriously, though, for many people, in many situations, a Brompton's convenience will cross the threshold from "I won't have a bike when I'm there" to "I will have a reasonable bike when I'm there". That's clearly the case for getting a Brompton. I'm interested in anyone's take on the 20"-wheel Bromptons that are now available. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Thursday, June 19, 2025 at 10:19:45 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > One of life's great gizmos. I used one for several years to commute from > Jersey to NYC and it made the schlep more fun. It was a weird bike, to be > honest. Lots of proprietary stuff, shifting took some minor getting used > to, and the handling is squirrely. (Keep your hands on the bars!) But once > you got used it to it, it was zippy and able and occasionally > indispensable. > > I was way too big for it -- there were certain circus bear comparisons > from certain daughters in my home -- and when the Citi Bikes arrived I > found they were a better option. But I would endorse them wholeheartedly > for a more reasonably sized human. > > smm > > On Monday, June 2, 2025 at 12:52:05 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > >> >> Love love love my Brompton! I have the 6-speed C-line and it is the >> absolute best way to explore new places. I do a fair bit of traveling for >> work and Brommie travels with me in a hard case (which can be checked just >> like a suitcase) if I'm flying, or folded up in an IKEA DIMPA bag on the >> bus or Amtrak. I bought mine with a dynamo and later installed fenders and >> a back rack. Highly recommend shopping around for bags since the ones >> Brompton makes are bland-looking and overpriced. (Blue Lug and Vincita have >> fun ones!) >> >> Like many here have already said -- it's great for zipping around cities, >> but isn't the best for touring or hill climbing. The longest ride I've done >> on it is roughly 20 miles which was comfortable but felt like plenty. : ) >> I've ridden it on hard-packed trails and it handled great but might not be >> the best on loose gravel. >> >> [image: image1 (1).jpeg][image: image2 (2).jpeg][image: image4.jpeg][image: >> image5.jpeg][image: image6.jpeg][image: image7.jpeg] >> >> Really cannot recommend it enough. >> >> -Elizabeth in Maine >> On Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 9:08:38 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> [image: IMG_8069.jpeg]I don’t have a Brompton, but recently acquired a >>> Bike Friday All Packa frame cobbled together from prototype parts from a >>> buddy who is one of their fabricators. I’m working on my pilot’s license >>> and want to have something I can throw in the back of the plane, and to >>> also use for general travel so I can have an easily-transported bike that >>> reasonably performs like a “regular” one. This one has the Brompton block >>> mount on the head tube so I can use their accessories. >>> >>> On Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 11:03:40 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> What do you use it for? Commuting? Touring? >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5259d34e-3582-4365-a0a3-eefa98850986n%40googlegroups.com.
