Originally Posted by zebede

Brommies have more plastic parts, that are non industry standard, and made in China than the comparably priced Dahons. Further to this when the plastic breaks it is triple the cost of higher quality standard parts. This same scenario carry's over into some of the metal parts.

Brommie lemmings remind me of old British Jaguar owners. It WAS ground breaking 30 years ago. A competive market has brought us greater reliability,lighter, faster, stronger and much lower cost alternatives.

But I know posting this here will do nothing to convince Jag/Brommie owners of that the world is leaving them behind. They will always find a silly feature that the Jag is different. Well Bravo to you as you sit on the off ramp broken down..

I really like the style and the frame of the brompton, But they are WAY overpriced and if I wanted to upgrade component s you would be talking rarified air. Forget it get a Dahon anniversary or Bike Friday rolhoff for that kind of Money.