Originally Posted by
Shahmatt
I only spent a few days trying out a Brompton. I found it infernally hard to lift the front two trolley wheels and pivot when I wanted to change direction. Also the darn wheels kept getting wedged in between floor tiles. I own a Flamingo NX7. Much the same system as Brompton, and also equally difficult.
I dunno, perhaps there's a trick to it. It just felt much more inferior coming from the Oyama. It was also a bit of a surprise since I expected that a bike so famous and expensive to have superior folding mobility.
According to my experience, pulling it along fully-folded with a C-bag handle is awkward and I'm constantly wrestling it back to 4 wheels when turning because it's hard to 'feel' it. Ideally the front wheels should have a (slight) swivel so a bike can be turned more easily.
However, pushing with handlebar up is brilliant if not something I want to do all the time.