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Brompton bikes

Brinimartini · 2015-06-21 22:59:07

Anyone know why a Brompton folding bike is 1300 euro and an Appolo folding bike at Halfords is 700? Is the Brompton that much better?

21-06-2015 10:59pm

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Brinimartini

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Anyone know why a Brompton folding bike is 1300 euro and
an Appolo folding bike at Halfords is 700?

Is the Brompton that much better?

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#2 22-06-2015 12:00am

tomasrojo

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The Brompton is good or excellent in all areas: ease of fold, compactness of fold, quality of ride.

Ask Boris Johnson if you don't believe me:
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2006/mar/05/observercashsection.theobserver

Brompton:

Boris says... Wheely fantastic! Imagine being the Professor Brainstorm that dreamt that up. It's amazing! [Upon being folded] you could drag it as a piece of luggage - it's got wheels within wheels. It's quite light and is a beautiful piece of engineering.

Apollo:

Boris says... It's quite heavy but it does the job. It's a bit of a children's bike: there are no gears, and it's very basic. It's like a My Little Princess bike - it should be bright pink with sky blue wheels. It's good value though.

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