My concern is the stress this could put on the seat pillar. Any thoughts on this? I too use my Brompton as a shopping trolley, but for me it is the handlebars that remain unfolded and which I use to guide the bike (this also means no danger of the bike unfolding). Stress on the seat pillar in my case would be considerable as I put a *_lot_* of weight into the bag (a T-Bag). Another advantage of doing this from the handlebars is that you can also suspend a large carrier bag on each end of the handlebars, thus further increasing the shopping load capacity (I put the lighter stuff in the carrier bags and the heavier stuff in the T-Bag).
@@benwhite3227 When cycling, all the stress of the weight of the rider bears vertically downwards, which the seat column and tube are designed for. When shopping, my T-bag plus plastic carrier bags suspended from each side of the handlebar can carry anything up to 25 to 30kg. Quite apart from whether it would be feasible to wheel my Brompton at the angle in the video with so much weight bearing at the front, the considerable stress on the seat pillar would be coming from a completely different angle, which I suspect it is not designed for. Undoubtedly this works for David Kallo, the creator of this video (presumably his bag carries considerabloy less weight than mine), but I have serious reservations whether it would work in my situation. Incidentally, I would be grateful for any feedback on this question from David himself. Added to which - and it seems to me this is *very* important - I believe the place where the horizontal part of the frame meets the seat column is mechanically the weakest point of the Brompton, and this would presumably be precisely the place bearing all the stress when conducting this manoeuvre.
This is an amazing demonstration of how versatile and practical the Brompton is for city dwellers! May I ask however if you paid for those groceries as I didn't see you go to the check out. ps- I am a Waitrose store detective...
@@louisemc3680 What on earth are you talking about? I think you are just white knighting hard for Mr. Kallo because you want to ride his brompton and make the naughty salsa with him!
@@hashpest1183 Actually, I wanted him in my play but he's not interested so I'll just become a millionaire by myself! Thanks for making me laugh with your cheeky, shameless humour :D .. .all the best to you, Hash Pest ;)
