Despite having lived in several very small city apartments over the years, I’ve never once owned a folding bike. Perhaps it's cultural, but folding bikes simply aren’t as common in North America as they seem to be in the UK. I can picture business people in suits zooming about London on two tiny wheels, but the same phenomenon hasn’t happened here (yet).
When the opportunity came to test out Brompton’s new Electric G Line model, I was curious, but I was also a little unsure what to expect. Would a folding bike be up to the rigours of Seattle’s potholed, SUV-filled streets? And would such a bike actually be useful? I was also hesitant to test out a commuter-specific bike as someone who works exclusively from home.
