You feel the quality immediately as your feet reach the aluminium pedals and fingers squeeze the lightweight die-cast brake levers (all are Bromton’s own units). Each bike is shipped assembled and adjusted in the factory so will have benefitted from a professional set up.
Power transfer from from the crank is impressive and stiff. It’s never a difficult to perform a fast pull off from the traffic lights to keep with, or even overtake, other commuters. The stiffness, however, is compensated generously by the suspension elastomer mounted between the rear triangle and the seat tube. I’ve only used the ‘firm’ version but there is a softer option available (recommended for riders under 70 kg).