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Brompton x and wander

Most outdoor products are sold with a promise of conquest. Faster, further, higher, harder. The bicycle industry is fond of this language. Even gravel riding, which began as a nice way to escape traffic, is all about finish lines, power meters and multiple ads featuring pain, sweat and masochism. Luckily, there’s Brompton. Their great innovation...

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Brompton x and wander

Most outdoor products are sold with a promise of conquest. Faster, further, higher, harder. The bicycle industry is fond of this language. Even gravel riding, which began as a nice way to escape traffic, is all about finish lines, power meters and multiple ads featuring pain, sweat and masochism. Luckily, there’s Brompton. Their great innovation...

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What Was Mark Carney Doing at the Brompton Factory?

Canada has exported many things to Britain, although Mark Carney may be one of the more successful. He ran the Bank of England for nearly seven years, becoming the first foreigner to hold the position in the institutionโ€™s three-century history. Somewhere in the middle, he visited the Brompton factory in London. Today, we are taking...

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The Bicycle as a Sovereignty Machine

The 1970s are back. Iran is unsettling oil markets, Detroit is again making fortunes from enormous cars, and tariffs are redrawing Canadaโ€™s relationship with America. We do not pretend to have the answers, but we have some questions. If Carney is right that America has changed and Canada must put its own house in order,...

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Never Mind the Colour Chart: The Stories Behind Bullittโ€™s Colours

Years ago, FedEx came to us for 112 Bullitts. Why? Bullitts are among the strongest, lightest and most efficient commercial cargo bikes on the market. DHL uses them. So do independent messengers around the world. Theyโ€™re notorious. There was just one problem. Every bike FedEx ordered had Milk Plus printed prominently on the top tube....

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The City Bike, Inside and Out

Charles Eames famously said that “recognizing the need is the primary condition for design.” Use-case, in short, is everything. The problem with most bicycle design, however, is that few bikes can claim to be made for the city. The city is lived outdoors and indoors. Can a bicycle be designed for the whole city, indoors...

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Bullitt EP600 vs EP801: Which One Is Right for You?

There are many reasons a Bullitt is the best cargo bike, but it never hurts to remind the reader why. First, itโ€™s the lightest. Weโ€™re not talking a few grams, weโ€™re talking around half the weight of many competitors. Second, itโ€™s modular. Instead of buying it for the chapter in your life that includes kids,...

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