Whats the best London bike shops?

Aww, don't knock Bromptons they aren't that bad. If you commute say from outer London, get the overground then ride either end they're great, or have a small flat etc.

Then again, I like to go fast. Bromptons don't go fast. No matter how hard you try. Going downhill. With a tailwind.

brompton's are the devil's own method of cyclo-transportation.

every time i see a be-suited chap/chapette riding one of these nasty little stowaways, or worse - extolling the virtues of their 'sharp acceleration' whilst bouncing around, maxed-out at 13mph, i get a vague feeling that somewhere, far far away, a village is being deprived of its idiot.