Brompton Bicycle design and manufacturing videos

These video resources from Brompton Bicycle discuss how and why design and fabrication decisions are made, with footage of the assembly processes from the factory floor.  

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Brompton factory

This short film clip shows the different machines, work areas and production processes in the Brompton Bicycle factory.

 

Brompton fold

This short clip shows the stages of folding a Brompton bicycle.

 

Brompton design

Will Carleysmith, senior designer at Brompton Bicycle, describes how designers need an understanding of materials and manufacturing processes are essential in his role. He explains how mathematics and CAD are used in the design process, as well as...

Import and export

In this film the managing director of Brompton Bicycle explains the advantages and disadvantages of exports and why they need to import about 40% of the parts from abroad. He describes the different tiers of suppliers and how this can have...

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