Colours From 1st January 2009, all Brompton bikes will be painted in a matt finish. The switchover from a gloss finish will offer higher consistency in terms of quality, reduce the number of rejected frame parts, eventually remove the need to undercoat the frames and lend the bikes what we feel is a more modern look. Tempest Blue, Kew Green and Ivory will be discontinued, as their similarity to other colours makes them superfluous; Silver will also be discontinued as it only works as a [...]

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

VELORUTION IS PRIVILEGED TO OFFER 2 OF THE FIRST VIC LEE CUSTOM BROMPTONS, OF WHICH ONLY 500 HAVE BEEN MADE. Brompton Bicycle has collaborated with Vic Lee, a designer from Clerkenwell, Central London, to create a limited run of gloss black Bromptons, featuring a motif inspired by a love of their home city. Vic’s design of an exclusive white decal will be applied before the parts are given three further coatings of clear lacquer, and then returned to Brompton’s west London factory for assembly. The designer [...]