{"id":1893,"date":"2020-03-08T09:34:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T09:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andy.teknostatik.co.uk\/cycling\/?p=1893"},"modified":"2020-03-15T21:23:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T21:23:13","slug":"london-brompton-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andy.teknostatik.co.uk\/cycling\/2020\/03\/08\/london-brompton-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"London Brompton adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the last couple of days I\u2019ve been exploring London on a small bike. I\u2019ve done London on my full sized bike before, but was a little concerned about some of the places I was going to have to leave it on this trip, and so I elected to hire a Brompton. My first thoughts are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It\u2019s fast. Probably at least as fast as my other bike, and I managed to set a couple of personal records on stretches of road I\u2019ve cycled before.<\/li><li>It\u2019s light. When the bike is unfolded it feels very light.<\/li><li>But it\u2019s also heavy. When the bike is folded it is straightforward to carry, but you definitely notice you are carrying a steel frame.<\/li><li>It\u2019s responsive. London is a full of traffic lights and other hazards, and the Brompton was great for the sort of start\/stop cycling that I always seem to need to do in London.<\/li><li>It handles canal towpaths fairly well. I cycled a stretch of the Regent\u2019s Canal yesterday and it handled well enough, although on the bumpier areas it was definitely more noticeable than it would be on my other bike (which I bought specifically to cycle on towpaths, so this is not really a surprise).<\/li><li>It can easily be stored in a hotel room, and no-one gives it a second glance.<\/li><li>The folding\/unfolding of the bike seems fascinating to people, and it\u2019s definitely a conversation starter.<\/li><li>I can use a couple of my smaller bike packing bags with it, and between those and a rucksack I can easily carry everything I need for a few days away.<\/li><li>If I had to use this bike for my commute, and for shopping and generally getting around then I think it would be fine.<\/li><li>For longer trips (especially with a significant off road aspect) I would probably still want something with more gears, larger wheels, and the ability to use more of my usual bike packing bags.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/andy.teknostatik.co.uk\/cycling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/brompton.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1898\" width=\"592\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andy.teknostatik.co.uk\/cycling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/brompton.png 592w, https:\/\/andy.teknostatik.co.uk\/cycling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/03\/brompton-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 85vw, 592px\" \/><figcaption>A purple Brompton bike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last couple of days I\u2019ve been exploring London on a small bike. I\u2019ve done London on my full sized bike before, but was a little concerned about some of the places I was going to have to leave it on this trip, and so I elected to hire a Brompton. My first thoughts &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/andy.teknostatik.co.uk\/cycling\/2020\/03\/08\/london-brompton-adventures\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;London Brompton adventures&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling","category-real-life-updates","category-travel"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andy.teknostatik.co.uk\/cycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andy.teknostatik.co.uk\/cycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andy.teknostatik.co.uk\/cycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andy.teknostatik.co.uk\/cycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andy.teknostatik.co.uk\/cycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1893"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/andy.teknostatik.co.uk\/cycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1899,"href":"https:\/\/andy.teknostatik.co.uk\/cycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893\/revisions\/1899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andy.teknostatik.co.uk\/cycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andy.teknostatik.co.uk\/cycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andy.teknostatik.co.uk\/cycling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}