I absolutely love all of your videos, I love that you include the mistakes, we all make them, but you make it a laugh. Keep safe. I hope to buy a Brompton once my health improves, which is going well. Best Regards Mister XR
Great videos. I feel a bit sorry for the dealers not knowing what tyres\wheel colours dtc are going to turn up. It makes me think the Brompton factory is a bit chaotic or the marketing bods like to introduce just too many variations or maybe supply lines are still not settled down since the disruption of covidm
Thank you for the video! It is strange that part of the stem is in different color. Green lacquer was evenly painted. Looks like they took this part as a leftover from C-line Lacquer production
Hi! thank you for this video. I've just purchased a P-line here in NYC and I notice that the rims are clearly not the more aero P-line rims that I see in the images on the website. Are there any material differences in weight between the two wheelsets (using different rims), and do I have a reasonable basis for a complaint here? Also, the pedals unfortunately are also not the superlight removable ones - but no complaints on that as that's what the brompton website states in the specs at the moment. Thanks
Brompton changed the specs of the P Line for this year. They are the same hubs and spokes as the lighter wheels, just have the C Line non aero rims. They are very slightly heavier but not much. Thanks for watching!
Hello! I purchased a Brompton P line a few weeks ago, but I noticed it doesn't have the superlight pedals. Did I get the 2022 model? If so, is that the only thing I missed out on? The wheels are the superlight ones. Thank you for the fantastic videos!
On the blue bike with part of the stem black, maybe Brompton are changing designs and making it similar to the t line style of having the stem clamp higher up?
Why did they change the wheels back to the c-line , was there something wrong with the original P -line wheel ? Song - Colorful World = Kathryn Ostenberg.
@@brilliantbikes so there’s nothing wrong with the original p - line shells then ? Actually while I’ve got so to speak what is the difference between the two wheels, would make a good video for future the difference of the material and weight and what other else is different, I think it would make a wheelie good subject.
@@edwardli2022 Didn’t know that thanks, still doesn’t really make sense though because they had the c-line wheels there already yet they chose put put the new wheels on, now they changed their mind and put cheaper and heavier wheels on a product they are selling as light weight, seems rather strange, so the older models have the better wheels and the newer ones not, very clumsy thought process they have in Brompton, not that I can afford the P-line , if I did how can you tell the difference between them ?
How about finally some colour in our life that sparkles a bit. Yeahhh. Only missing like sparkly candy red that would be really nice. Was sitting waiting for my car to be serviced about a week ago and in the showroom there was not 1 single car that had a bit of colour which would make people brighten up their life. How boring of a bunch we have become. Not saying by that that it all needs to be flashy pink or so. Thanks for showing us again!
Thanks for the question Because it’s lighter - hills are easier just due to the weight reduction over the C Line (why do we keep wanting to write Sea Lion!) If you live in a hilly area you could benefit even more with reduced gearing Best bet is to demo one from your local Brompton dealer
I did NOT want to see this!! Now I'm being forced to buy the P-Line Flame Lacquer !😬😄 I already own a C Line, which I love but it's going to take much willpower to wait until a 12-speed version of the P hits the market.
As an owner of a, now - even lighter than: 2019 SuperlightM6LXBrompton (for now 9 kilo (with mudguards, as a "Rainy Dane"!), and still falling!!!), I do like my former Top-model, a Flame Painted, Gold bike (Black Edition), which now seems to be a standard choice, and not only a "Special Edition", as mine? I am sorry though, that I never got offered a choice of - "anything at all"(!), but only got to see the select number of the "Finished bikes" which they had in the ordinary bike - and Brompton Shop as Samples. A red, as mine and some "lousy" and cheaper/heavier version of a Brompton! But all with the long - 600 mm "Scandinavian Size" Saddle Post, as we are generally tall people up here, and we mostly can't use the original "Children Size" posts, which are standard on, it seems, most other markets? And this post doesn't fit in my very solid and German, B&W luggage box for a Brompton though, so I have to "disassemble" 🙄my "Folding Bike" before Travels! And still with the original folding pedal, as I would indeed "hate" to be able to loose a pedal during travels and transport! With a huge size, titanium bolt, though! Finn. Denmark
I think it's a bit hypocritical of Brompton to tout how sustainable they are while they have very limited options for their bikes. For example I want a 3 speed with high bars in Turkish Green (teal). To get a new one from Brompton I'd have to pay extra for a 6 speed electric high bar, remove the electric drivetrain, do the 6 to 3 speed conversion, and then I got a bunch of parts I don't want that are otherwise new that could have been used on a bike someone wanted and or as brand new replacement/conversion parts. I understand that custom orders would bog down production somewhat, but seriously if they made "custom" bikes using off the shelf parts (pick your color, stem height, drivetrain, etc.) It would be more sustainable and I'd honestly pay an extra $500 or more for the service. As it stands currently I'll likely have to wait years and or buy a NOS one online somewhere (if I can find it). *Edit: Brompton UK just dropped Yuzu Lime as a color on their 6 Speed C line which is available with a color matched high stem. Now while I love the Turkish Green (teal) paint color the only Bromptons sold new in the US with that color have the black stem, if I had to chose between a Yuzu Lime High Bar with a color matched stem or a Turkish green (teal) High Bar with a black stem I'd go with Yuzu Lime. Here's to hoping they'll bring it to the US with their 3 speed hub and without lights.
@@IverKnackerov Exactly the opposite. They already have the frames made and painted, they already have the components made and painted. they already have the drivetrains made, it's just a matter of putting X factory color frame, with X factory length stem, with X factory drivetrain the customer wants. Currently as it stands you have various frame colors completely unavailable for certain models because of arbitrary "lines" but the frames are the same. so why shouldn't you be able to buy a Turkish Teal 3 speed (for an extra custom fee) from the factory when literally the factory is like 'Eh, we just don't want to make this color frame available with this drivetrain.' I'm advocating that you can have Brompton take an off the shelf frame (in your preferred in production factory color for said frame), put in your preferred in production factory stem height (no color option), put in your preferred in production factory drivetrain, and TADA you have a bike someone wants where they don't have to literally remove otherwise new parts off a bike and trash them, and for a fee. Another advantage of this is you can see which colors are in demand and which ones are not instead of limiting color options to a given trim. I'm not asking them to run a custom paint shop, do custom mixing of painted components, custom 1 off drivetrains, etc. Literally just use existing parts and drivetrains for their regular bicycles (excluding the e-bikes due to possible software issues with different drivetrains).
I like these bikes until I realize most of the components on them are older than I am. And why are they so flimsy looking? Would they even support the weight of the average North American( we’re fat #*^+”).
Thanks for your kind comment The great thing as a pre-owner is that they hold their price well We met one user who had purchased his Brompton for £600 used it for commuting daily for 10 years and sold it for £650
Slightly grumpy that I bought one last month and have missed out on superlight pedals 🫠 (not with brilliant bikes with Brompton. Brilliant bikes are great)
