Inside the world’s smallest bike shop in Brooklyn

The Brompton has a bit of a cult following. If you have it, you will get it. They are strange. They are cool. You can take them anyplace. The super extended head tube and seat post give the bikes their striking appear and enable them to fold up in much less than 20 seconds to be carried anyplace.

In reality, that is how they have been invented. When Andrew Ritchie moved to London as a young engineer in 1975, he wanted a far better way to get about. Right now, the Brompton Bicycle Corporation is the biggest bicycle manufacturer in Good Britain.

“The smallest bike shop in the globe”

This week, the London-primarily based business opened a initially-of-its-type “Micro Junction” shop in Brooklyn. Dubbed the world’s smallest bike shop, the 70-square-foot space is positioned on Front Street in DUMBO—one of Brooklyn’s most photographed and iconic neighborhoods. PR Newswire reports that “The Micro Junction shop delivers New York City residents and guests the chance to envision the new way of life Brompton can present by saving riders space and time.

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Guests are encouraged to take a “selfie test ride” by meandering along the bike paths along the East River and tagging their pictures with @BromptonUSA and #triBrompton. Also, if New Yorkers want a tiny additional time to attempt out the Brompton in their actual life, they can take benefit of a totally free two-week trial present.

“We are on a mission to make life in cities additional hassle-free and entertaining.” The Micro Junction idea is a reflection of that target,” mentioned Juliet Scott-Crockford, Brompton’s president of North America, in a press release. “Brompton tends to make every day cycling simpler for the reason that you can take our bikes anyplace, avoiding theft and connecting multimodal journeys.”

New Yorkers can now acquire any Brompton delivered to their household or choose it up at the flagship shop, Brompton Junction, on Bleeker Street in the West Village.

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Micah Ling is a freelance writer living in the mountains of Colorado. He divides his totally free time amongst mountain biking and operating.