http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Is a Brompton the best bike to cycle to work with?" en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 03:25:32 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9454#post-220674 Mon, 23 May 2016 08:58:32 +0000 fimm 220674@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It is possible to run uphill faster than a person can cycle uphill, but you need the right combination of runner and cyclist. I've done it myself twice<br /> 1) on some reasonably technical terrain in the Pentlands, where running made it much easier to pick my way over it<br /> 2) going up Gillespie Road where I ran past a person spinning slowly up on a MTB and both of us were easily passed by a roadie putting some effort in.</p> <p>To answer the original question: a Brompton is a great bike for a bike-train-bike commute. It is not the bike I choose when I go for the 16-miles-each-way commute! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9454#post-220662 Sun, 22 May 2016 21:39:55 +0000 Greenroofer 220662@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>...and on the BBC again:<br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/36083906" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/36083906</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9454#post-99808 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:22:33 +0000 Smudge 99808@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And a runner beating a cyclist (over anything but the shortest distance) proves what a tired, repetitive fiction that programme has become. (I used to quite enjoy it too) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9454#post-99807 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:06:37 +0000 Greenroofer 99807@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you saw tonight's Top Gear, you'll also see that James May on a Brompton is not as quick as Richard Hammond running.</p> <p>May was hammering along an a fetching pared-down Brompton at the end of tonight's Top Gear challenge. The rather pleasing thing was that in the 800 mile race, May and Hammond both travelled by train and then foot or Brompton to their destination, and both beat Clarkson in his Ford Mustang. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9454#post-99783 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:15:13 +0000 Arellcat 99783@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I rode my Brompton today for the first time since about October. It was hard work!</p> <p>I only used it for the two and a half miles to the supermarket and back, but the big front bag does make a nice bucket for tins and loaves and milk and things. Normally I'd take the little recumbent and my touring panniers, but wanted to try Eddie's narrow Brooks (there may be mileage in it, too).</p> <p>The case of Brompton vs. Others will probably go down in history alongside Shimano vs. Campagnolo. For folding, I'd pick the Brompton. For riding and a bit of folding, I'd pick a Dahon. For riding and occasional disassembling, I'd pick a Bike Friday or a Moulton. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9454#post-99778 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:11:28 +0000 chdot 99778@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Other brands are available -</p> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/43557767" rel="nofollow">http://vimeo.com/43557767</a></p> <p>(Though too expensive for 'bike to work' scheme.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9454#post-99749 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:40:52 +0000 Instography 99749@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's a guy cycles down the NEPN at a good speed on a Brompton and I'm pretty sure it's only the narrowness of the handlebars that gives him that chin-thrusting, elbows-out, outamywayI'mcomingthrough look. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9454#post-99746 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:47:22 +0000 Uberuce 99746@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>[Occasioned from one of the Gruainiad comments]</p> <p>I'm glad I'm not the only one to have noticed the apparent fury-enabling properties of the 16" wheel. I've never witnessed the same level of indignation emanating from a rider whose π needed more than six inches.</p> <p>I hasten to add that the CCE Bromptonauts I have witnessed thus far have been perfectly serene. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9454#post-99744 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:29:08 +0000 Smudge 99744@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Depends.</p> <p>Ok, next question... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9454#post-99700 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:35:01 +0000 chdot 99700@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Answers to Money Guardian -</p> <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/blog/2013/feb/09/brompton-best-bike-cycle-to-work" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/blog/2013/feb/09/brompton-best-bike-cycle-to-work</a> </p>