Penemu dan sepedanya
Andrew Ritchie adalah seorang insinyur muda yang percaya pada cara yang lebih baik untuk bergerak di sekitar kota. Pada tahun 1975 di kamar tidur flatnya yang menghadap ke Oratorium Brompton, dia menemukan sepeda dengan lipatan 3 bagian yang cerdik. Kendaraan yang disulap menjadi paket kecil dan bisa dibawa kemana saja bersamanya. Sebuah 'karpet ajaib' untuk kota.
The First Brompton Factory
“Bollo Lane”, or the Brentford Factory, was housed inside two old railway arches. The team hand-built 60 bikes a month—all-steel, black and fitted with a rack. Customers could choose 3 or 5-speed hub gears. By 1991 Brompton had 56 outlets in the UK and an even bigger export market.
Andrew is pictured (far left) with his team outside Bollo Lane. Mark, 4th from the left (and his son), still works at Brompton today. He no longer wears a shell suit to work.
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