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Brompton’s new G Line is its first off-road bike – but don't call it a gravel bike | BikeRadar
https://www.bikeradar.com/news/2024-brompton-g-line
New slightly larger Brompton G-Line for offroading.
https://www.bikeradar.com/news/2024-brompton-g-line
New slightly larger Brompton G-Line for offroading.
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Carleysmith says there are people who “just absolutely love Bromptons”, with more than a third of Brompton’s customers owning more than one of its bikes.
Price: £2,395 / €2,849
you are out of your goddamn mind if you're buying this for any kind of off-road biking
First that's way too expensive for a bike that lacks several features that even a bike at fucking sportchek or walmart would have, for $2000 CAD I got a road mountain hybrid 3x9 speeds with hydraulic brakes, rear rack + bottle attachment, metal pedals and this was bought back in 2018.
The smaller wheels on the Brompton will be nicer for a shorter ride with any kind of incline however you'd have to pedal harder for longer in comparison to a bike with larger diameter wheels. The thicker fat tire wheels will be nicer to ride but again only on shorter distances which will make more sense biking on smooth pavement or within the city.
Disc brakes bring Brompton’s latest folding bike into the modern age
like why are they advertising disc brakes as they were already common back in 2018, this seems real silly to me, if they were advertising about hydraulic brakes it'd make more sense
as someone who bikes 20-40 km pretty regularly, this bike seems to be made for people with a lot of money who don't really know what they want; they'll see this bike with a lot of features such as foldability, mini trolly/cart wheels, a top fork bottle holder, disc brakes and think "Wow this is a great sale!" but not realize that a lot of the features mentioned are actually gimmics or standard features that'll lose their flair once they use it for a week or once they try out any other bike
one thing I noticed as well is that the brake cables being so loose away from the main body as pictured in the article will not only be annoying but a major safety hazard in the long run esp if you're doing any kind of off-road biking
this line of bikes makes no sense to me with the current bike market, like I'm looking to buy electric bakfiet now and one of my school friends just bought a cheap ebike from online last month
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