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It depends what you use it for. It would be excellent riding round Barcelona and commuting. But in London if I’m folding my bike and using the Underground I prefer my non electric Brompton. You’ll need an extra battery if you’re going over 40-50 miles and you use more juice if it’s hilly or there’s a headwind. It was OK on well tended French gravel but a bit shakey on rough English ones. But I love riding it on decent roads.

I used a Go Pro Hero 7 which has a built-in stabiliser - and works really well, although its voice recognition start and stop was very iffy. I clipped the camera to my handlebars. I used an earlier Go Pro for all my filming riding across the States which you can find elsewhere on my channel.

Stephan - I have ridden the Brompton for periods on moderately bumpy paths but did not find any technical issues either with the motor or the bike itself. However it does not make for a very comfortable ride! My bigger issue was with forest paths when they were wet and the front wheel with the motor became very slippery when accelerating. This also happened on loose gravel. I used the Brompton Electric on a ride round the coast of Britain, which I started last year but had to stop after a week because of COVID19. You can read about it here www.petermurraylondon.com/blogs-and-articles. I will be continuing this ride in stages over the next few years. Thanks for your comments and good riding!

@@pgsmurray Thank you very much for the detailed insight! I‘m looking forward to read your article! Greetings Stephan.

I averaged about 120 km a day but on the final day I did 205 km

Is it that people are opposed to skyscrapers, or are they opposed to skyscrapers that look like toasters, cheese graters or personal toys? Honestly, the fad is already looking dated and won't age well.

You can take it…

Could you expand on that a bit more I'm curious I don't understand fully what you mean?🤔

@@armani_1515 Yeah, I mean that if you look at London, it is full of buildings made of glass and steel and one is taller than the other etc. All these buildings overwhelm the city and the only places anyone wants to be in London are the old and beautiful buildings, like Parliament and St Paul’s. This ugly building will hardly be any change, there are already so many buildings Londoners hate (the WalkieTalkie, the ButtPlug etc.)

The mayor of the City of London is William Russell not Sadiq Kahn my friend. Different jurisdiction in the square mile than London proper. Its a weird system for a bunch of historical reasons, but I think you've blamed the wrong guy here :)

@@patrickmoat8876 Racists rarely have facts.

@@Bob-Fields Just because a person does not like someone else does not mean he/she is racist. Are we not allowed to dislike people of color anymore and automatically have to agree with anything they say or do? Grow up. People like you just killing free dialog.

I agree. The BT Tower and the Tulip Tower have a thin majestic look and it will bring next to it. Plus the BT Tower has been alone for nearly 60 years

that's actually a nice idea

Please be realistic. London is struggling to build over 300m. Forget 1500m LMAO

@@Yasin_2312 don’t be silly it’s 21st century now, new world order after COVID era

@@meddimarcy haha your funny. Just because Covid changed the world that doesn’t mean London will build a 1500m skyscraper. You must be high! London has too many restrictions so it will never build a tall skyscraper like that. Especially when there’s airports in the corner

1500 meters is way to tall for London so it won't suit London, but I wish they would just build 400 meters skyscraper and that would make London looks great, I would be happy if they build them, plus they really needs to move that city airport out or close them down? I mean who needs them when you have 5 other airports west of London.

@@markfoster7949 exactly if London build in 400-500m it would look good. 1500m would suit Dubai

Thanks Stuart. I've just started a trip, in stages, around the coast of Britain - first few blogs here:www.petermurraylondon.com/blogs-and-articles - the battery use is very different when there's lots of wind and hills!

Sounds like a great ride! Did you go up Ventoux on I,2,or 3? Yes, the second battery was invaluable.

@@pgsmurray I had ridden the Col de la Liguiere the previous day, climbing around 850m from Apt to Sault to see how the climb would affect battery use, and so had satisfied myself that ridden carefully I would make the cafe two thirds of the way up Ventoux fairly easily. The overall climb from Sault to the top is around 1,200m - so rode on Level 1 for the first few km then Level 2 all the way to the cafe, (Chalet Reynard) where there's a bike shop with a charging point for electric bikes. I took my own Brompton Fast Charger with me, which only takes two hours to fill a completely empty battery, so after a decent lunch with lots of rehydrating beers listening to a band that would not have been out of place in Clochemerle, I carried on at a dizzying Level 3 to the top, pausing to take a few pictures at Tommy Simpson's memorial. It ws acually quite funny sitting on my fully laden Brompton cycling past carbon fibre road bikes. I bade them 'Bonjour' as I passed them and to a man they all came over to me at the top to look at this ridiculous little bicycle that had ridden past them. I did let on that there was a motor in the front wheel. Eventually. The trickiest part was not the climbing, but the descent - a drop of around 1600m or so to Malaucene. I weigh 78kg, and had 10kg of luggage in the front bag and 4kg in the saddle bag and there was a nasty smell of burning on the way down as my brake blocks were beginning to melt on the red-hot little 16" rims! I had to take quarter of an hour breaks every 400m of descent to cool the rims, in case I blew the tyres or lost the brakes! I'm now watching your epic PtoP ride, which is giving me a few ideas! lh3.googleusercontent.com/sibhZnKWDevnfVjXNxRf4rPT2P2NO4t9v3g63NJ5F7sAMj4PRBYpnGOCNIhR2VBiHdfGXb4FGMr2_klbpO__CeX9Wipl11YZUwCSUQchKQzl1XVPxar5mUrYjNO1QHvuPZDRQOUnN3RqJgGCvDmYR7LnkN9x0CsK2NBwecmqfMMqo8xIvkQJQ4i5nqcv7pKYjvLJFexxyXQk_DRl14wAoh5LARoWfo13cl_rHbC2lZ-b217rZcTEFzUlOzr1LR6pTdSn5f1gW28rztfKLoE6tYoROnnGB4-Ei3uKQYd7RjnHC37VUty99nbpyaONUMuIRfxhD2GbKN_DSIzXDUDOYqJQcI7ukzuiAmn3xbf7nMIU_y0UaBdsz_RBDZamnTpb0kpqF1p34KpK8Tf8xgxRNYbfGCU-4XSKNHjyxBnYrZkOF_4R5zQMUsPjsTmDHmqn8caHsZbOdGbI8EL1H64ga-jX2vxp2GeteCsbQ85S2aeLuTY3N7nxMWuMdeJYTkHWCOWJvdXc9-Zf0y85F3n6fKP65x0vxFASfXmprBsO1ul089deFYSavJ9L9ujjCUrsJgGVyl9VgOweWg-kBKLXb25FvOO-QbhfdcV4wgK_UPhpUDkCZQ3uBUz3rbfqpUzTKojLHbWyMnVEqBu6X0PLx8QfEvg9xw7VXADVJphE2c6eewsG7IGnli-FL2Hh9P8=w973-h1297-no?authuser=0

@@ajsloman Pity about the descent from Ventoux. When I did it a couple years ago (unpowered) I think I went faster than I ever have in my life! America is awesome.

Glad you enjoyed it. The Brompton's three levels of power do mean that you can put in as much or as little effort as you feel like. Helps you to really love hills again!

@@pgsmurray My local Brompton shop is out of stock but I will ask them to email me when new stock arrive.

@@johnnymac8680 I have a BE and I'm heavier than you. It will get you up the hills no problem, but you will find the battery life isn't quite what it would be for someone lighter. Also bear in mind the total weight including battery can't exceed 110kg, so you'll be restricted on luggage.

I had two batteries. They lasted approx half a day each you can read more here about how they lasted www.petermurraylondon.com/blogs-and-articles. The clip on claws are a Go-Pro product - much more flexible than the screwed fittings. Glad you enjoyed it!

Peter Murray thanks for that and a very interesting account. I’ve saved it to iBooks for bedtime reading. I’ve just ordered a blue Brompton but have not been given a date for delivery. I sold my old Brompton very quickly.