Combine your bike with the metro
Riding the Brompton foldable bike
Sep. 15, 2022 - Willem L. Middelkoop
Rarely have I been so amazed by a bike: the past 5 months since I've picked up my Brompton foldable bike in Amsterdam have been great fun! About 500KM down the road, I'm happy to share some of my experiences with this ingenious piece of engineering, read on!
Continue reading![I hope that I won't need it anytime soon; but my bike has a perfectly fitting toolkit inside the foldable bike frame - how clever!](/blog/2022-09-15_the-ultimate-freedom-bike/images/i_06_I-hope-that-I-won-t-need-it-anytime-soon-but-my-bike-has-a-perfectly-fitting-toolkit-inside-the-fold_500px.jpg)
![My bike has both a 2-speed rear derailleur and a 3-speed internal gear hub, making a total of 6 gears with a very wide range](/blog/2022-09-15_the-ultimate-freedom-bike/images/i_07_My-bike-has-both-a-2-speed-rear-derailleur-and-a-3-speed-internal-gear-hub-making-a-total-of-6-gears_500px.jpg)
![Riding the Brompton foldable bike surprisingly doesn't feel much different from a normal bike: it quickly gives you the confidence needed to go faster (if you wish)](/blog/2022-09-15_the-ultimate-freedom-bike/images/i_10_Riding-the-Brompton-foldable-bike-surprisingly-doesn-t-feel-much-different-from-a-normal-bike-it-qui_500px.jpg)
![The Brompton Junction in the](/blog/2022-09-15_the-ultimate-freedom-bike/images/i_02_The-Brompton-Junction-in-the-Negen-Straatjes-in-Amsterdam-is-missing-one-bike-guess-where-that-one-w_500px.jpg)
![My Brompton foldable bike compared to my Schindelhauer Siegfried Road: two very different machines](/blog/2022-09-15_the-ultimate-freedom-bike/images/i_09_My-Brompton-foldable-bike-compared-to-my-Schindelhauer-Siegfried-Road-two-very-different-machines_500px.jpg)
![Early Brompton model](/blog/2022-09-15_the-ultimate-freedom-bike/images/i_01_Early-Brompton-model_500px.jpg)