Originally Posted by
cbike
In the ticket like a guy couple spots behind me loudly asked me "WHAT BIKE IS THIS?". I answered as quiet and discretely "a folding bike" just to get another "WHAT BIKE?". I answered "a brompton". At that time the cat was out of the bag but luckily the counter person never questioned me about it.
When taking a Brompton to a conference, that time in a case, I put nearly as much effort to conceal the bike from other conference participants as from the airline. I was pretty sure to encounter some random participants in the check-in line and potentially run into situations such as above. Those few who knew for one reason or another were asked to keep their mouth shut.