Originally Posted by
Winfried
The question remains: Why can't the big boys (Dahon and Giant come to mind) come up with an improved Brompton?
There is a paying demand, there is a model to copy, they have the engineers, they have the money. And still nothing after all those years since the patent expired. I don't get it.
This discussion has been going on for the ten years or so I have been a member of this forum, in which time no serious Brompton contender, let alone killer has emerged, and Brompton have gone from strength to strength, despite not heeding the dire warnings posted on here on a regular basis. Perhaps the boys in Brentford do actually know what they are doing. Perhaps the market sector world wide is just too small for the big boys to play catch up and still make a profit.