发明家和他的自行车
安德鲁·里奇 (Andrew Ritchie) 是一位年轻的工程师,他相信有更好的方式在城市中移动。 1975 年,在他俯瞰 Brompton Oratory 的公寓的卧室里,他发明了一辆具有巧妙的三部分折叠的自行车。一辆可以变成一个小包裹,可以随身携带的交通工具。城市的“魔毯”。
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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