Originally Posted by
towndock
As much as I admire Bromptons, I don't think they are a good choice for most cruising sailors. Get a simple bike that is less attractive for theft.
Just that those were the initial main target group and buyers of Bromptons. Julian Vereker, the man who put the money into Andrew Richies idea and acted as the business-man counterpart to the engineer AR was from that group. And still today Brompton are a very good (and common) choice for sailors.