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EXPLORE THE WORLD OF BROMPTON FOLDING BIKES

Brompton Folding Bike Story

The world famous folding bike company Brompton Bicycles

The world famous folding bike company Brompton Bicycles was founded by Andrew Ritchie in 1981 in West London, England. He had developed the first prototype of a foldable folding bike in the mid-1970s with financial help from 10 friends.

brompton klapprad folding bike

Brompton folding bike in public transport

The Brompton folding bike is ideal for carrying

The Brompton folding bike is ideal for taking along in public transport to z.b. overcome larger distances and put back the shorter part of the working path with the folding bike.

Brompton Klapprad Folding Bike

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Folding BIkes & Sailing
Folding BIkes & Sailing

Folding BIkes & Sailing

With the Brompton folding bike on sailing trip

The brompton was used in the 1990s in Germany mainly in the boat sector. Thanks to its compact packing dimensions of 60 x 60 x 30 cm, it fits into any back box when folded and can easily be stowed away on a motor or sailboat. Its light weight (on average about 11.5 kg) makes the Brompton the perfect companion on the boat for shore excursions.

The Brompton can easily take the comparison with other city and even touring bikes. Thanks to the small wheels it drives even faster than conventional city or touring bikes. For shore excursions bags can be easily hung with the support block on the front of the frame and off you go.

ELECTRIC FOLDING BIKE BY BROMPTON
ELECTRIC FOLDING BIKE BY BROMPTON

The Brompton Electric E-Folding Bike

The Brompton Electric is a lightweight Brompton and absolute top e-bike.

Das Brompton wurde in den 1990er Jahren in Deutschland überwiegend im Bootsbereich eingesetzt. Durch seine kompakten Packmaße 60 x 60 x 30 cm passt es im zusammengefalteten Zustand in jede Backskiste..

Brompton folding bike & car
Brompton folding bike & car

Folding bike & car

Did you know that three Brompton folding bikes fit into a SMART when folded?

Did you know that three Brompton folding bikes fit into a SMART when folded? The Brompton folding bike even fits in the front trunk of a Porsche Carrera and of course in all other cars.

Brompton folding bike as a tour wheel
Brompton folding bike as a tour wheel

THE BROMPTON FOLDING AS A TOURING WHEEL

Maybe you’ve heard the story of Heinz Pieces.

Heinz Stück (75) cycled several times around the world for over 50 years. Between 2012 and 2017, he covered more than 200,000 km on a continent on a Brompton, combined with flights, train, bus and boat stages.