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Here are two essential accessories for the parent who wants to do the school run on a Brompton:
1. SP Chair – £180, in stock.
2. Bespoke Brompton bag by Cyclodelic; £120-200; call us to discuss range of designs and colours available
Article posted Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
6 Responses to Brompton super-mum
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£300 plus, for a child seat and a bag! Not exactly cycling for the masses is it? If anything is going to strangle a cycling revolution at birth, promoting it as the latest must have/must do for the affluent faddy fashionistas should do it.
I heard the IT chair will be available again too. Do you prefer the SP Chair ? Will you also stock the IT chair, when and at what price? cheers
Martin,
The advantages of the SP Chair are:
1. It doesn’t scratch the frame at the main hinge
2. It can also be used as a rear bag rack. You swing the unit around to the back and you replace the child seat with a Brompton front luggage block.
Both SP and IT are produced by small workshops; they are very good products; we will stock either or both according to availability
Response to Sished –
Mothers who do not own a car i.e. their only transport is their Brompton (or indeed any other bike but these two items are B-specific):
(a) are already making massive savings over running a car,
(b) will be interested in useful, efficient transport-by-bike options, and
(c) will want/need to invest in a well-designed and well-made child seat and/or bag suitable for use on/with a bike.
I suspect a good child seat + mum’s bag (for use in a car) easily total £300, if not much more. So for the cyclist with child, the advertised items may be exactly what is needed and moreover very good value.
Many people who don’t run a car do so because they cannot afford to run a car. It’s not alway a ‘lifestyle’ choice. My bike has a similar but more substantial, dutch child seat and a basket/bag combination on the front. Total cost of accessories £90. £300 to £400 is a ridulous amount, but let the fools be parted with their money if they desire. It’s a free world.
It’s surely good to remember that among other advantages, the bicycle is usually also cheaper than most other means of transportation.
However I live in a country where the majority of the population drives cars that cost over 15-20 thousand pounds, if not twice that much (not even counting the annual ownership costs).
And the same people look at my bike and say it’s expensive.