{
 "id": 69831,
 "slug": "riding-the-brompton-m6l-superlight-folding-bike",
 "url": "https://agents.willem.com/en/snippets/riding-the-brompton-m6l-superlight-folding-bike/",
 "language": "en",
 "title": "Riding the Brompton M6L Superlight folding bike",
 "subtitle": "Unfolds in about twenty seconds, handles like a normal bike.",
 "summary": "I rode an orange Brompton M6L Superlight in 2022 and found it handles like a normal bike: quick acceleration, direct steering, effective brakes. It unfolds in about twenty seconds and goes where other bikes cannot.",
 "topics": [
  "Amsterdam",
  "Durable",
  "Freedom",
  "art",
  "bike",
  "design",
  "mobility",
  "review"
 ],
 "date": "2022-09-15",
 "published": "2022-09-15T00:00:00+02:00",
 "created": "2026-08-30T07:13:39.751000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-08-30T07:17:02.911000+02:00",
 "full_article_url": "https://willem.com/en/2022-09-15_the-ultimate-freedom-bike/",
 "author": {
  "name": "Willem L. Middelkoop",
  "url": "https://willem.com"
 },
 "note": "A short distillation of a longer willem.com post. Not currently published on willem.com itself.",
 "answers_question": "How does a Brompton folding bike ride?",
 "text": "Andrew Ritchie invented the three-part fold in 1975; today there are more than 1500 official dealers and 15 Brompton Junctions worldwide, including one in Amsterdam.\nMy M6L Superlight uses lightweight titanium parts and came with six gears, two on a derailleur and three inside a hub, plus dynamo lights. I added a Brooks Cambium saddle, an integrated toolset and puncture resistant Schwalbe tires.\nThe small wheels are no handicap: the gears and frame are balanced for them, and the smaller wheel circumference makes the brakes more effective. After a few kilometers of getting used to the agile steering, my trained legs took it much faster than I thought possible on a folder.\nWhere it really shines is off the bike: take it on the metro, bus, tram or train, into a car without a carrier, onto a plane, or simply inside with you, away from thieves and weather.",
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}