Now in a fully updated 2nd edition, "Brompton Bicycle" tells the fascinating story behind one of the world's most unusual and popular folding bikes. It also details how you can modify and convert your Brompton for such uses as child carrying and tackling hilly country and acts as a unique maintenance and repair manual, full of tips you won't find in any standard bike repair book. In short, everything you need to enjoy this incredible bike to the full. The first edition was hugely popular with the legions of Brompton fans; the second edition contains an extra 32 pages, with a whole new chapter on where Brompton may be heading in the future plus new coverage of early folding bikes in the U.S., more detail on military use of folding bikes and, of course, the low-down on new products and company developments.
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David Henshaw has edited and published A to B magazine, specialising in folding and electric bikes since 1997.
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People who write about Bromptons seem to have one quality in common, unexpected for mechanically-oriented authors: they're decent writers. Even the Brompton owner's manual is clear and succinct, and Henshawe's combination of a history of the company and supplemental hints about managing a Brompton makes for useful and even enjoyable reading. Did you know, for example, that your partially-folded Brompton can be used as a seat while you're waiting for your train? Or that the most common mistake made in removing a rear wheel is taking out the set-screw in the chain tensioner? My only complaint is that neither book stands alone. Both assume that their readers are cult members, and know a quite a lot about Bromptons already. I bought Henshawe to get a more thorough treatment than the manual affords of procedures to repair and care for my new bike, but found that he doesn't bother to incorporate information from the manual. So, I need to have both books open when I do any work. Still, worth a Brompton owner's time.
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This is basically the book about the origin of the Brompton. Described almost every single important moment of the bicycle and the inventor's life (even his predecessors!)
The author focused on the early life of the bike so the story of the bike and the company after year '00 are very little.
It's entertaining to read the history about them but when it comes to the technical aspects of the bike, it's not good enough. The author is quite biased to the Brompton (understandable of course, it's a Brompton book!).
The reason I rated this just 3 stars mainly because the quality of the book itself. There's no margin, no paragraph on the page, full text from top left to the bottom right. This is really difficult to read. The artwork is high-school level and should have had more pictures correlate to the story as well. I have read "Spaceframe Moultons" by Tony Hadland recently, it's in the same genre but Tony is better in writing techniques and in terms of detail of the bike.
If you are the fan of the Brompton, it's worth reading it! it's the only choice!
The author focused on the early life of the bike so the story of the bike and the company after year '00 are very little.
It's entertaining to read the history about them but when it comes to the technical aspects of the bike, it's not good enough. The author is quite biased to the Brompton (understandable of course, it's a Brompton book!).
The reason I rated this just 3 stars mainly because the quality of the book itself. There's no margin, no paragraph on the page, full text from top left to the bottom right. This is really difficult to read. The artwork is high-school level and should have had more pictures correlate to the story as well. I have read "Spaceframe Moultons" by Tony Hadland recently, it's in the same genre but Tony is better in writing techniques and in terms of detail of the bike.
If you are the fan of the Brompton, it's worth reading it! it's the only choice!
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Very cool book for people like me: brompton fans.
Book is wery well organized and it has lots of pictures about the history behind this great bike.
Book is wery well organized and it has lots of pictures about the history behind this great bike.
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