Spend a day in any major city from Seoul to San Francisco and you’ll spot them weaving through the traffic – a bicycle with distinctive small wheels and arched top tube.
Brompton’s folding bike is an example of a great British design that’s loved around the world. More than 1.2m have now been sold.
Number 49 on our list of the greatest things we make here is The Folding Bicycle.
On this week’s The Factory Next Door we head to Greenford in West London to meet the team making these beautiful bikes.
CEO Will Butler-Adams OBE explains why they are an engineering company that makes bicycles, not the other way around. We go for a quick ride, see bikes being beaten up, and learn why manufacturing in London is integral to Brompton’s future.
Plus, we chat about what success looks like, learn where the name ‘Brompton’ came from, consider truck-driving in clogs, and explore how businesses can help drive positive change.
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