I wonder what happened to the OP? Did he ended up buying a Brompton? Maybe he did. If so, good for him!
The topic is to convince him. Some of us did. I'm not sure why the mud slinging have to be involved? Is it really necessary to put down Bromptons, Dahons and other brands for the sakes of brand loyalty?
It's kind of silly to see grown adults acted like little spoiled brats and have now gone down to showing off who's got the biggest d**k, the best stuff and so forth.
A Brompton is a great bike if you need a small folding size and that's what you want, that's what you should get. A person with a Cervelo will not agree with you. A Cat 1 or 2 rider with a Trek Madone will run rings around you and be snobbish towards you and a wannabe Grand Fondo rider will simply laugh you right off the bat with his Carbon bling bling bike. Do we really want to be snobbish folder riders? Seemed to me like it is degenerating into my bike is better than yours and watch out if you own a Dahon. You won't get parts for it.
Be happy and just ride your bike. Who cares if someone wants a Brompton. Let him be. It's his money. I always know why my Dahon puts a big smile in my face! Because it gets me out riding and I don't care whether it's going to break down or not and I didn't pay a lot for it either cause I got the Mu SL on fire sale. Though I put the Mu SL through a lot of abuse through the airport and yet, my friends 2 Trek Madone bikes got crushed by TSA. These are expensive $3000 to $5000 bikes. But do I really care? Nope, because I don't really care or give a damn about it though I sympathize with them.
It's really simple. If you want a Brompton, take a test drive. If you can't, look at your finances if you can afford it. If you can, buy it. It's that simple. See, it's not that hard isn't it.
chuckle!! LOL
