A customer tells his story of the Police response to the theft of his bicycle: Friday afternoon and my bike disappears from Bedford Square. A few hours later I see a suspicious offer on Gumtree. I call the seller and arrange a meeting on Saturday. Next day in Shoreditch, a young East End kid offers me my bike. I tell him I am interested and I will call back; I call the Police and give them the kid’s number and description of the bike. They [...]

Click here to be kept up-to-date by Brompton’s Will Carleysmith on the exciting development of Project X. Progress is going well, we are still in the development stage but each prototype continues to get better and better. What I’m most looking forward to is getting out of the workshop and doing some real world testing in the coming months. Image of Andrew Ritchie courtesy of Brompton

Congratulations to David Rosenberg, one of the first Londoners to be chosen for their 60 minutes of fame on top of Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth. He will be riding a (stationary, I hope) pink Brompton, which will generate power to light his pink jacket. It is worth quoting him for the following: “I used to visit the National Gallery with my grandmother. And my uncle was badly injured in a traffic accident on the north side of the square. He survived, but he was in [...]