Friday, 26 March 2010

Brompton Brakes

I love my Brompton but I must say the brakes are really not that good. I cycled to work in the wet this morning and unsurprisingly they were extremely flaky.

I'm going to be buying a velo route in the next few weeks so it'll be good to compare the standard bike brake with the Brompton.




This is an unsafe self-portrait of my cycle home.

Why am I buying a road bike? Because I'm doing the Thonon triathlon! Feel like joining me?

1 comment:

Ian said...

I feel bad about this post because it seems to rank quite highly in Google searches about Bromptons and it fails to point out how awesome I think my Brompton is.

I should point out that Geneva is VERY hilly and VERY wet and snowy. NO brakes are going to be that great in those conditions.

And I really do love my Brompton. With only two perfectly chosen gears, i am able to crush all the hills that Geneva can throw at me. If you're in two minds as to which fold-up to get - it HAS to be a Brompton!