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Video of a Brompton cycling tour in British Columbia, Canada. Starting from Lake Louise I headed towards the Pacific Coast via Yoho National Park, Mt Rogers Pass, Revelstoke, Lilloet, Duffey Lake Whistler before reaching Vancouver, the final destination.
A video of a Brompton folding bike ride along the Icefield Parkway in Canada. Starting in Banff Alberta I reached Jasper after 232 km, before returning from the opposite side, arriving in the mountain resort of Lake Louise. It is one of the most beautiful journeys on the planet, winding along the Continental Divide through soaring rocky mountain peaks, icefields and vast sweeping valleys.
A video interview by Brompton enthusiasts at The Path Less Pedaled. In this video presented by Clever Cycles, we view the modification on Todd's bike touring Brompton with lots of titanium upgrades and other clever solutions.
Video of an 11 days tour in Morocco on a Brompton folding bike. The tour started and ended in Marrakech and included climbing twice over 2000 metres passes, the Tizi 'N Test and Tizi 'N Tichka as well as cycling along the Draa and Telouet Valleys.
Most important for any Brompton bike touring is to get some practice on how to best remove the back wheel on your Brompton something you will have to do each time you want to replace your inner tube or even replace your old tyre.
A great 3 part tutorial from Brompton dealers at NYCE Wheels will show you in details what it takes and how to do this safely.
Check out the Brompton folding bike I use to tour around places like Big Sur and the Olympic Peninsula! It collapses down to a neat little package I can get into an airplane overhead compartment, but this is what it can do with a full load. View full video here
A detailed video tutorial on how to rebuild your Brompton rear wheel. James Houston shows on this clear tutorial what it takes to replace a new rim from scratch. Rims will generally need to be changed every 10000 kilometres.
A bike touring video of the San Francisco Bay Area on a Brompton folding bike. The tour was divided into two parts and included cycling in San Francisco itself then following the Pacific coast to Santa Cruz before heading up to Big Basin National Park. The second part was mostly spent cycling around Skyline Drive, Alpine Road, Page Mill Road, La Honda, etc.
While in Spain I spent my last week cycling through the northern region of Catalonia. This was not a bike trip for counting miles or conquering hills. Rather, it was a bike trip for learning the "contours of a country," as Ernest Hemingway would say.