Inventor of the Brompton bike
Brompton

Watch the video of Andrew Ritchie at the Ifest’08:

The best example of what a company does is its product. Andrew Ritchie came up to the stage with one of the Brompton bicycles, which folds easily and quickly into a highly-compact and portable package in only five steps.
Afterwards, he explained the story of the company and how difficult were the beginnings. He started working in his “bedroom”, in a “typical sort of garage start,”where he began putting a lot of effort in designing the small wheels and other parts of the bike. “I’ve never been confident they could work”, he said. This phase lasted 13 years.
From 1988, Brompton have been in full production and the bikes are sold in 27 export markets.
Andrew Ritchie underlined that the idea has required a lot of “energy and enthusiasm”. Moreover, he admits “a lot of Brompton story is due to luck” and, of course, “hard work”.

Anna Solana