We tested the Brompton Electric in and around Berlin. Now you might expect a detailed test report. Something with asterisks and checkmarks, comparisons regarding ride comfort, battery charging capacity, max. payload, max. speed and so on. We didn’t test like that. We were more interested in how it feels to be on the road with an electric folding bike. And this is what came out! Yes, the Brompton Electric is heavier. The motor and the battery weigh a few kilos. But if you take off the battery, you can still lift and carry the Brompton Electric quite well. Around 14 kg, depending on the gear ve ..read more

First of all: as a Digital Nomad, you don’t earn money with a blog. We are on our 3rd and for now last 4 months winter trip with the Bromptons: on the way from Cairo to Sinai. We have already reported about Cairo as well as Israel and Tel Aviv. But I did not go into more details about Klaus, who continues to work during these 4 months. I would like to make up for that now here again. Digital Nomads If one sees the quantity of people in the net, which work from anywhere in the world, then one believes that this is completely simple. Of course it is not for us. The difference to most of the tra ..read more

Sumatra is quite hillyTravel light. A Brompton is already a handy relatively light bike. All the advantages of traveling with small luggage we make to nullify if we again take far too much luggage. Believe me, the world is more civilized than you think. And especially where it will take you with your folding bike. Washing clothes is known in the most places on earth and if it does not make the hotel, then you can use the sink, and does not have to be washing powder maybe it goes also with soap. O.k., running water can be scarce, but then it doesn’t matter if you wear your shirt for the fifth d ..read more

So actually cycling in Cairo is not possible at all. Riding a bicycle is, if at all, only something for very poor people. We wanted to try it anyway and worked our way through the city for 4 weeks. Of course you can try it with any other bike, it doesn’t get better or worse if you have a folding bike, but it’s just more maneuverable. You can hop up and down faster, squeeze it through the crowds in front of you, and weave through the avalanches of metal better. You’re just faster. After a few days, we realized that we don’t exist for the others. Cyclists have absolutely no rights. Once you fig ..read more

Auch die VELO Berlin hat es in 2020 erwischt. Nicht mit Corona, aber durch Corona: keine Messe. Also gab es viele verschiedene online Beiträge und einer davon von und mit uns. Wir haben uns versucht und nehmen euch mit auf einer kleinen Fahrradtour in Berlin und dabei erzählen wir, warum es genial ist mit einem Faltrad auf Reisen zu sein. Natürlich mit einem Brompton Faltrad In unserem Bericht „reisen“ wir durch Kambodscha, über Sumatra, durch Kairo und über den Sinai nach Israel, Tel Aviv. Während unseres Vortrags fahren wir mit einer Fähre über die Spree, am Wasser entlang durch den Trepto ..read more

Wozu dieses Fernweh-Magazin? Auf unseren Fahrradreisen erleben wir viele Abenteuer und es ist nicht immer alles nur wunderbar. Wir treffen spannende Menschen, aber haben auch mit dem ein oder anderen Widerstand zu kämpfen. Das Wetter ist launisch und wir wissen manchmal nicht wie es weiter gehen soll. Über all das und noch viel mehr berichten wir. Und wer das Brompton mal malerisch in Szene gesetzt sehen möchte, wie in einem Vincent van Gogh Bild, dann werdet ihr auch fündig. Viel Vergnügen beim Blättern. Planet Brompton Fernweh Magazin: Ein Kultrad erobert uns und die Welt! In meinen Fernweh ..read more

It’s been pretty quiet around here, which doesn’t mean we haven’t been out extensively with our Brompton. Only for writing we lacked the time, because we have prepared our bicycle world trip. We start on April 30th 2022, but then not with the folding bikes. We will have considerably more luggage with us and therefore use the bicycles which we used already on a 2 year trip from 2009 – 2011. The advantages of the light and flexible folding bike would be gone. Therefore, they are now well packed off to the store. If you want to follow us on our bicycle world trip, you can do so via our streetpepp ..read more

Winter is over, the Brompton was in the inspection but Corona is still holding us back from longer tours at the moment. From Berlin it’s about 2 hours by train and you’re in Dresden. So we had a plan for a day trip. Exploring Dresden and its surroundings with the Brompton folding bike. It is the end of April and we hope the winter season is almost over. The Brompton has suffered during the winter time. All the snow, slush, salt and gravel have left their mark on the bicycle. Now, for the Dresden Trip, it was the perfect reason to do some maintenance work on the bicycle. What you should have re ..read more

Unfortunately, we are still rather stuck with the saying: Germans love their cars! They clean, polish and spend huge amounts of money and time on inspections and maintenance. This changes, but still, when the automotive industry says: now it is time to spend money on an inspection, they will. Being afraid about the loss of value. Do we need to check a bicycle? Of course! Here is no bicycle that doesn’t need regular checks and renewals as well. Wear and tear depends primarily on the conditions of use. Fixed maintenance intervals, e.g. once a year, make sense if you tend to ride less. Flexible m ..read more

Aren’t we all a little bit in love with our little folding bikes? Some collect them, some use them to go to work, others make small or big trips with them and others dare to go on big trips with you: the Brompton folding bikes. I have forgotten one group. Those who incessantly take photos of their Bromptons. I am one of them. And YES, we also like to show ourselves with them: Selfie with a Brompton. Why there has so much hype arisen around them, I don’t understand, but I also belong to those who are crazy about their Brompton. And because I’m a photographer, the 2nd passion in my life, I aske ..read more