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... but regarding Bromptons in general, my opinion is that they are fantastic bikes...
You will find some people to say Dahon are faster, Birdy are like that, bla bla...
I don't need a folding bike to be super fast, otherwise I might as well get on my racing bike, as when I am in the situation of needing my Brompton, it's often because my commuting is not purely on the bike (I take the train, or meet someone with a car) so O/A, it won't be a fast journey anyway... It has a very specific purpose, and fills it perfectly...
Saying that Bromptons are reasonnably fast, it has style (as opposed to other folding, who often look like war machines or nerdy objects), and the fact they are loads of them internationaly, for a product that has not change a lot thru the years, makes any part available, any bolt, any spindle... It's virtually eternal... I don't know about its competitors... and they are built in UK... they have a bit of that 531 awesome, isn't it?
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