Special Editions
Brompton
The original folding bike. Small. Light. Durable.
Brompton Electric
Smart E-Bike. Made for you.
Beginning in our home city of London, we’ve launched our Campaign for Movement to drive change, take a stand and make our cities happier and healthier places to live.
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Informed by our design and product teams many long distance trips by Brompton, the Explore edition has been carefully spec’d and kitted out to make sure you’re ready for the next long trip, or any slight diversion from the city.
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On September 22nd 2019, we hosted rides across the world to celebrate Car Free Day.
We are providing 5,000 £1 bike hire memberships and 15,000 free bike hire days via our UK nationwide Brompton Bike Hire scheme. Find out more here.
Ask your local policymaker what they're doing to put movement at the heart of healthier, happier cities. Your voice has power, so use it!
Did you know that 68% of car journeys in the UK are less than 5 miles?
Cycling and walking is the obvious choice for short journeys, but people often use a car.
Imagine the impact we could have if we all committed to making those trips by bike or foot?
Cycling is proven to bring huge benefits to our societies, to health, the environment and the economy.
There are 66.4 million people in the UK. Only 3% regularly ride a bike.**
Regular physical activity reduces depression up to 30% and the chance of developing cancer by up to 45%.***
Over 8,000 hectares of Central London land is taken up by parked cars. That’s the same size as 57 Hyde Parks, 6.6 Heathrow Airports or 5,714 Football Pitches.****
1 parking space = 42 Bromptons. Surely there is a better way to use car parking space?
Andrew Ritchie starts designing a folding bike in his flat overlooking the Brompton Oratory in South Kensington, London
The first Brompton bikes are fairly crude but fold neatly and conveniently into a tiny package. It is a remarkable step forward in folding bike design.
Low volume, ad-hoc production begins.
Full time production commences in units set in railway arches in Brentford, West London.
Brompton is awarded with the coveted Best Product Award at the Cyclex event held at Olympia, London.
Brompton receives Queen’s Award for Export Achievement.
A Brompton is ridden at the South Pole.
The first Brompton World Championship race is held in Barcelona.
The first Brompton Junction store opens in Kobe, Japan. First Brompton Bike Hire station opens in Guildford.
Brompton Junction Covent Garden, London opens,the sixth worldwide.
Will Butler Adams (Managing Director) awarded OBE. Our 10th store opened in Tokyo. New special edition Black Brompton goes on sale.
The clever design means that the bike can easily be folded or unfolded in under 20 seconds. When folded the bike is locked together in a compact package, which can be carried or towed easily and conveniently stored almost anywhere. The chain and gears are in the centre of the folded package keeping them away from clothing and luggage.
The three handlebar types offer different ride positions for various styles of riding. The handlebar options mean that the small folding bike will give a superb, comfortable riding position.
Each handlebar holds a different appeal. Click on the handlebars to see the riding position.
Welcome and Safety Briefing
Hand Brazing Demo
Quality Control
CNC Machining and Automatic Brazing
Paint Plant
Viewing Assembly Lines
Brompton Test Lab
Museum and Shop Visit
The Brompton World Championship is our flagship Brompton only racing event. With qualifying heats held in 15 countries and a final in the UK. The event has been running for 11 years and is held in cities around the world.
A mixture of orienteering and cycling, teams taking part in a Brompton Urban Challenge complete challenges and follow clues around a city.