5 Years Of Life With Brompton
Review of Brompton L3 Bicycle by
 BNibbles
Advantages: Almost "full sized bike" rideability. Less likely to get stolen if stored indoors instead of in shed!
Disadvantages: Small wheels go down holes further = harder ride. Expensive unless you MUST have a folder.
...without any form of shoulder strap, I'm not sure how far I'd actually want to carry it. My local bus stop is about 300 yards away, and that seems plenty!
Once you've got a folding bike like this one, all sorts of opportunities open themselves up, which might not with a full sized bike.
You can throw this in the car and drive off to a location where you've never ridden a bike before, without having to struggle with refitting the roof bars to your car, the awkwardness of which is inversely proportional to the likelihood of your bothering. Is this another "B N Law", I ask myself?
Likewise, using tomorrow as an example, when I have to take a bike with me for the on-road training of school children, the permutations of journey are greatly increased.
If it's raining when I leave, I could take the bike on the bus.
If it isn't, I...
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