Bromptons

I never said titanium was lighter...

Anyway I don't disagree about what you say on Titanium vs Aluminium...
What disappointed me was the cheapness feel about it... Aluminium is cheap and common. Titanium is un-necessary and therefore paramount, imperious...
Bromptons are beautiful objects, they like nice things... nice carradice front carriers, brooks saddles...
Otherwise, you might as well get a Merc instead of a Brompton, cheaper, lighter, kind of do the same job...
Szia

Loic

Brompton dropped the titanium for the main reason that they had severe supply problems. To the extent that you had a huge wait to get one. One has to guess that the price of titanium may also have helped. Either way it's a commercial availability decision - 'want a lighter seatpost sir? here's the option' and most brompton buyers could not give a damn - plus it's lighter so.. win win.

Good quality Alu is a lovely thing.
(Case in point to alu vs stuff is the Thompson seatpost range - superb quality Alu lighter than many Carbon seatposts let alone Titanium. I lust after the Moulton 953 speed 953 seatpost, so so light...)

The new lighter front wheel is far more interesting anyway :)