This all-new Brompton G Line gravel folder would possibly simply make loads of cyclists rethink a folding bike. The core Brompton folder idea continues to be there – this factor nonetheless does origami magic to pack down barely greater than its wheels. However scaled as much as a extra normal 20″ wheelsize and as much as 2.1″ extensive tires, the Brompton G Line is a a lot greater bike than each 16″-wheeled Brommie earlier than it. And it guarantees to trip far more like a full-sized bike than any previous folding bike…
Brompton G Line: folding journey gravel bike on 20″ wheels
Brompton is asking their G Line folding gravel bike the “most versatile bike on this planet”. That clearly sounds a bit excessive, however there’s one thing to be stated for the G Line. Brommie folders are already fairly versatile in that they’re easy to take with you locations a standard bike simply can’t simply attain – like in trains, buses, the trunk of a taxi or buddy’s automobile, beneath your desk at work, or every other tight areas. And gravel bikes are additionally so scorching today due to their versatility. Journey them on easy tarmac, underdeveloped dust & gravel roads, or typically even on stretches of path that we’d solely have thought to trip on a mountain bike only a few years in the past.
So, mix a folder and a gravel bike, and that is unquestionably essentially the most versatile Brompton ever.
“Now, as an increasing number of individuals look to flee town, exploring roads and trails much less traveled, it was the proper time to take every thing that makes the Brompton so particular, and make it able to going past the city surroundings and into harder terrain.”
– Will Butler-Adams, Brompton CEO
What’s new?
To make the G Line appropriate for gravel using, Brompton needed to bump up the wheel diameter from their conventional (however obscure) 16” to an even bigger and extra widespread 20”. With that you simply additionally get a lot wider tubeless-ready 2.1” Schwalbe G-One gravel tires to tackle tough terrain.
Not solely do you get improved rollover (suppose going from 26” to 29” wheels) and bigger tire quantity (54mm vs. the 35mm of the usual C or T Traces), you additionally get an extended wheelbase too. The signature Brompton folding mechanism – 1st in the course of the toptube and 2nd simply behind the underside bracket – means the wheel measurement just about determines wheelbase size.
And mixing the longer wheelbase and bigger wheels, that implies that the Brompton G Line folding gravel bike is alleged to easily trip far more like a full-sized bike.
This additionally occurs to be the primary Brompton folding bike to get disc brakes. Greater wheels, greater adventures, and higher hydraulic stopping energy to maintain you in management over any using floor.
Tech particulars
The Brompton G Line gravel bike nonetheless executes that signature Brompton fold in simply 20 seconds. It packs down to only 69(h) x 73(l) x 40cm (w) when folded to suit into tight areas (measurement Small). The lightest common G Line construct has a claimed weight of simply 13.9kg/30.6lb (Small) or 14.8kg/32.6lb with rack & fenders.
The ebike model Brompton Electrical G Line with full rack and fenders weighs a claimed 19.5kg/43.0lb, together with the three.4kg/7.5lb battery with its quick-release bag.
A Brommie in 3 sizes, too!
Along with massive wheels, this G Line Brompton gravel bike additionally is available in 3 completely different sizes. Basically as a consequence of the truth that that is extra of a performance-oriented bike the place match is extra essential than a traditional commuter, the brand new G Line introduces 3 folding bike sizes – S, M & L. We’re nonetheless speaking simply contact factors, although – all of them share the identical folding body. So the three sizes dictate the rise and offset of the prolonged stem and seatpost size vary, successfully various handlebar Stack and saddle-to-bar Attain.
Brompton G Line gravel folder – Pricing, choices & availability
This all-new 20″ gravel Brompton G Line folding gravel bike is formally accessible two weeks from now in October 2024. However in fact, like many gravel vacationers, and Brompton themselves, we merely can’t wait. Basically there are two primary choices for the brand new Brompton gravel folder – pedal or electric-assist energy. Each can be found in Forest inexperienced, Journey orange, or Traildust white.
The usual pedal-powered G Line begins at 2850€ with an 8-speed Shimano Alfine internally geared hub. On high of that base construct, you will get one pre-built with rack & fenders or lights-only for 2970€, or with lights & the rack for 3080€.
Or you will get the pedal-assist ebike variant Electrical G Line for 3500€ full with lights & fenders. That gravel ebike folder pairs a tiny 4-speed cassette on the skin of an all-new 250W motor within the rear hub, powered by a 345Wh entrance bag battery for 30-60km vary.
Then, in traditional Brommie model, there are additionally an entire suite of add-on equipment accessible individually, together with varied custom-fit baggage, racks, fenders, toolkits, tubeless setup kits, cellphone & bottle mounts, lights, and far more. As all the time, Brompton makes it simple to customise your folding bike to the way you wish to trip.
