Why Brompton
Portable, foldable, unstoppable.
We create urban freedom for happier lives. That has meant the same thing since 1975: a bike small enough to come inside with you, built well enough to be the last one you buy.
Made in London
Three hundred people, one factory.
Engineers, brazers, wheel-builders and painters across London and Sheffield. Not a brand with a factory somewhere; a factory with a brand.
- Brazed by hand
- Steel frames are brazed, not welded, by people who train for 18 months before a frame of theirs leaves the factory in Greenford.
- Signed by the maker
- Every frame carries the mark of the person who brazed it. Turn one over and you will find it.
- Titanium from Sheffield
- P Line and T Line titanium parts are TIG-welded 300 km north, in Sheffield.
- Over 1,200 pieces
- Each bike is assembled from more than 1,200 individual parts, so each one can be repaired for decades.
History
Since 1975.
Andrew Ritchie builds the first prototype in a flat overlooking the Brompton Oratory.
The patent is granted. The first factory is two railway arches at Bollo Lane, Brentford: 60 bikes a month.
Cyclex Best Product award.
The first Brompton World Championship. Strictly no Lycra.
Chosen to represent London at the Beijing closing ceremony. Will Butler-Adams becomes managing director.
Prince Philip Designers Prize.
The first Brompton Junction store opens in Kobe, Japan.
T Line launches after three years of development: 7.45 kg, over 150 titanium parts.
G Line launches with 20-inch wheels after 250,000 km of testing.
78,530 bikes sold in the financial year. Over a million owners.
The company was incorporated on 3 June 1976; the brand dates itself from the 1975 prototype. Early bikes sold for £320.78 (3-speed) and £368.95 (5-speed).
Owners
Join the fold.
More than 300 fan groups. World Championships every year since 2006, with over 550 riders in 2019 and strictly no Lycra. In 2024 the community logged 27,500 hours of group rides, roughly 8.2 million calories.
Brompton is a certified B Corporation. Every frame carries a 7-year warranty, and a 28-day satisfaction guarantee covers every bike.
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