Brompton owners

I went to a talk by Andrew Ritchie last night. He said it took a while to introduce them because he personally couldn't see why you'd need to clip it together when the whole point of the bike is to fold. I kind of agree, mine doesn't have one and it's more fun that way. Though it can be a bit impractical if you're carrying it up the stairs unfolded.

He also confirmed that there will be an electric Brompton next year and some other things which are yet to be announced.

The whole point of the bike is for it to fold at appropriate times. Not potentially whilst you're riding it.

The problem is if you hit a bump at speed (or go kerb hopping) and the thing collapses under you depositing you infront of the traffic if you're really unlucky.

We had a colleague off work for a while 'cos of this (he wasn't kerb hopping, just riding quickly and hit a bump) and the H&S crew quickly dictated we all fit clips. Mine came with a clip anyway, and I always used it as standard - it's a nano second longer to fold at most and grams weight cost. You can also adjust the clip so it won't clip if that's your preference, bit pointless having it tho in that case.

Interesting developments in the pipeline it seems :)