Brompton's electric commuter bike is a delight to ride

Electric bikes have just got a turbo-boost. This Brompton Electric will make you feel superhuman, says Sarah Moore.

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Electric bikes to date have tended to be "bulky, heavy, and ugly as sin, clamping a huge battery awkwardly onto the frame of a regular bike, like an unsightly growth", says Chris Hall on Pocket-lint. So the most remarkable thing about the Brompton Electric is that it's almost exactly the same as Brompton's existing, non-electric models. "It's the same fold, it's the same look, it's the same twitchy and responsive ride."

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Sarah is MoneyWeek's investment editor. She graduated from the University of Southampton with a BA in English and History, before going on to complete a graduate diploma in law at the College of Law in Guildford. She joined MoneyWeek in 2014 and writes on funds, personal finance, pensions and property.