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Matt Kollat

“We wanted to do justice to the craft”: how Brompton’s 1975 Edition folds history into the future

Brompton 1975 Edition bicycle detail shot.

Fifty years is a long time in cycling. In that time, we’ve seen carbon conquer the road, mountain biking become mainstream, and e-bikes emerge as a global force.

And yet, through all of it, Brompton has remained remarkably consistent: a compact, folding bike made in London that looks much the same now as it did when Andrew Ritchie built his first prototype in 1975.

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