Axel 🚴😷🐧🐪⌨ | #WeAreNatenomJan 26, 2025

@otte_homan @spacehobo: Already thought at "white man in the US who is kind of more rugged than your racing bike enthusiast, who […] does trail riding and mountain biking […] lives in a small city or rural area […] reviews bicycles" that this sounds like #BermPeak, but at "NEVER ENCOUNTERED A GEARED HUB BEFORE" (sorry for caps-lock, just citing) I was quite sure that it isn't Berm Peak. But it was. 🤯

Sorry, but I as an avid #Brompton rider found that review hilarious and anything but negative.

Show threadAxel 🚴😷🐧🐪⌨ | #WeAreNatenomJan 26, 2025

@otte_homan @spacehobo: Love this comment on YouTube: "Hey, who's that guy pulling 360's on a folding bike, in the skate park, while raining? Oh, it's Seth. It's ok." — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLg0NNjDBMQ&lc=UgyGlmiBC-M_erzezAJ4AaABAg

There's also video where he's doing jumps + other wild things on the Brompton and a seemingly vintage suitcase scooter in comparison: https://youtu.be/IvXTkstXZl4

It kinda hurts to see this collector's item being treated like that, but it seems the owner knew what will happen and I enjoyed the video a lot.

I Bought a $2000 Brompton Folding Bicycle—Will it Break?

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@xtaran @otte_homan I mean, it's clear that he is proving the durability of the thing, and he wouldn't have tried if it weren't for all the videos with this title: https://youtu.be/xSSjTMO7fJM
Straight Outta Brompton

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Show threadAxel 🚴😷🐧🐪⌨ | #WeAreNatenomJan 27, 2025
@spacehobo @otte_homan: Ok, this short clip is impressive. Or rather the cycling prowess shown in there. And I don't mean the rather easy ride through a skate park without any jumps or so. What impressed me most was riding a #Brompton with an open main hinge (at an around 90 degrees angle) like a one-sided #swingbike at about second 15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSSjTMO7fJM&t=15 — Because otherwise this trick never would have worked.
Straight Outta Brompton

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Show threadAxel 🚴😷🐧🐪⌨ | #WeAreNatenomJan 27, 2025
@spacehobo @otte_homan: Actually for a fraction of a second (about half a second before that screenshot in the previous posting), you can see the open hinge and the headset being not in line with the seat post as usual.