I am the proud owner of an orange Brompton, a commonly seen brand of bicycle in London but not in that colour. So I get rather excited on the rare occasions I do see another orange one. I was cycling to work this morning on my way from Waterloo when another young lady on an orange Brompton appeared around the corner. I couldn't help smiling and waving[1] and I'd like to think she was equally thrilled to see my bicycle. (or just wondered why the crazy lady was waving at her)
Any other owners of unusually coloured Brommies out there? Exciting isn't it 😉
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[1] one of those things that doesn't generally happen between London cyclists, mainly because there's so many of us, but also because we're too busy trying not to get squished 🙂 --
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I am the proud owner of an orange Brompton, a commonly seen brand of bicycle in London but not in that colour. So I get rather excited on the rare occasions I do see another orange one. I was cycling to work this morning on my way from Waterloo when another young lady on an orange Brompton appeared around the corner.
There was one (yes, orange) at the borough cycling officers' meeting this pm at Camden, but I didn't see who it was with.
Any other owners of unusually coloured Brommies out there? Exciting isn't it 😉
With the new expanded colour range there are more unusual ones about now. Mine was one of the previous expanded choice, yellow (with black fork and rear triangle), for which I paid a small extra cost and had to order in advance, so it's relatively rare, but not as rare as orange coz that's a new choice on the menu.
Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/
Any other owners of unusually coloured Brommies out there? Exciting isn't it 😉
With the new expanded colour range there are more unusual ones about now. Mine was one of the previous expanded choice, yellow (with black fork and rear triangle), for which I paid a small extra cost and had to order in advance, so it's relatively rare, but not as rare as orange coz that's a new choice on the menu.
ISTR that AVC had been offering an Orange Brommie as a special choice for some time. I'm pretty certain they were 3/4 years ago, so there may be more orange ones around than first thought.
Don't Brompton change their 'special' colour range each year?
Don't Brompton change their 'special' colour range each year?
Not AFAICT. It had been static for a while, with Ivory (beige, basically. Why? ;-)), Yellow, Silver and Turkish Green alongside standards (on different models) or red, blue, racing green and black.
Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/
