“I’ve always envied the cyclists getting about, to and from work, and was surprised how easy and fun it was to bike about the city,” Nicole tells us, after riding around Manhattan’s scenic Hudson River Park on her Brompton x Bear Grylls bike.
“My friends were so surprised to see me on a bike but I think this is my new personality. Honestly, I’m not very outdoorsy and I felt this was totally in my wheelhouse - no pun intended. It was super easy to handle on bike lanes and bumpy pavements.”
Outdoorsy or not, Nicole is rarely in one place for long. If she’s not at home working on her website Bonberi, cooking up recipes for her Instagram, or sketching out the follow up to her Body Harmony cookbook, she’s over at her plant-based deli Bonberi Mart, or flitting around NYC in search of inspiration.
“The Brompton BG is so convenient for helping me stay active,” Nicole says when we ask her how it fits into her day-to-day place-hopping.
“I love how chic and stylish the frame is, too, and how easily it compacts itself down into small spaces. I work at home and at my shop, and it was so simple to fold up under our coffee bar, and in our closet.”
“It took me 30 minutes, specifically getting the back wheel in place, but once I figured out how to unfold and fold the bike I felt confident to do it on the road,” Nicole says, telling us how her new two-wheel BFF offers her the sustainable transport she was looking for.
“Plus taking an uber or taxi cab is getting more expensive, so using the Brompton solves both problems!”
