Originally Posted by
spambait11
What you argue is valid, but I think the real problem most people have is that Brompton charges 2019 prices for 1980s technology which you admit has not changed much. If someone wanted to charge you $2500 for a bike made in the 1980s (even if it was brand new, never used), I think you’d think that person was crazy. Well, I think brompton is crazy.
I don't agree with the premise that a Brompton is "1980s technology"; I pay good money for lugged steel bicycles with 9-speed cassettes, bar-end shifters and quill stems and don't consider it 1990s technology either.
Brompton has a perfectly good and fascinating steel frame which doesn't need updating. In the last 5 years the cranks, brakes, bars, levers, shifters and grips have all been improved, and you can get the whole schlamozzle in a 6-speed for around $1500. I think that's a raging deal in 2019.