. . . he’s my Brompton!
Dr. Diarist hefted Basil recently — Basil with his Ergon grips; his Zefal toe clips; his sleek water bottle cage; and his stocked under-saddle bag (all weighing mere ounces!) — and Argyll, still lacking any customization at all.
“That Basil’s really a porker, isn’t he?” said Dr. Diarist.
(I carry Basil on stairs unfolded. For a short person like me — and sometimes for others, too — that geometry is just right. And easy. And would be even if Basil were a little zaftig! Which, just for the record, he is not!)
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There’s not much meat on him, but what there is…
(I’m snickering over the unkosher confluence of “porker” and “zaftig.”)
It’s a mixed marriage; what can I say?!? (Of metaphors, at least!)
To paraphrase Sen. Everett Dirkson, “an ounce here, an ounce there, pretty soon it adds up to some real weight.” …sure glad you’re back to wrap up the chain thread before it became a
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Funny, Saul. As for those Senators: who knows pork better?!?
Definitely, one way to carry, if there is not a crowd around.
I commend you on your agility, BD!
I fold mine and even use the elevator on days when the stairs are wet.
They have slate/marble stairs at the Marta stations here, which sweat when it is really humid and I am skittish walking on them, at times.
PS. I am still working on reducing the load in my T-Bag :) Work in progress, ya know? :) :)
In the subway in New York, Chandra, I tend to hold Basil in a more vertical line, so we’re not taking up much more space than I do alone. Amazingly, that works pretty well, even in crowds. But Marta is doing better by you if you have working elevators — even when I can find them in NYC, they’re not usually functional.
Damp stone stairs would be a concern for me, for sure.
Ah, the “reduce stuff in my bag” dilemma: I know it well. Fight the good fight; you’ll get there!