Brompton Australian Championship preliminaries
The BAC weekend promised/included lots of tidbits & treats. The first was a “Welcome to Sydney” ride on the Saturday.
As the invitation email stated –
“If you’re travelling from interstate or overseas to race, or you’re a local, we’d like to welcome everyone to Sydney with a ride and get-together.
We’ll be meeting at Cheeky Transport, 3a Georgina St Newtown at 4pm on Saturday the 18th, and riding to Batty St Park at Rozelle for fantastic pizza from Rosso Pomodoro and drinks from the Bald Rock Hotel, and a glorious view over the harbour and city as the sun sets.”
I don’t know how Brompton Australia do it? Everything stated above came off well, on a day of lovely weather. We met at CheekyT, chatted & kicked tyres endlessly until Adam led us through quiet back streets, lanes, cycle paths & bush tracks (I kid you not! How does he find them?). A convoy of about 30 Bromptons certainly got some attention through all the trails, with people stepping back to watch us glide through. Knowing our destination, didn’t help me determine where I was at any time; we were on a Brompton magical mystery tour.
Arriving at the park just started the next phase of chats but this time on a grassy knoll overlooking waterfront sights towards the city. With such distractions I was oblivious to the beer delivery until an opened bottle was waved under my nose. Shortly after, a pile of pizza boxes appeared & we all tucked in. With a fine array of empty & near-empty boxes, it was then that I remembered to take some pics!? Sadly there seemed little appropriate for the blog post so I apologise for my limited selection from the afternoon/evening – but then, similar difficulties arose on Saturday so maybe we need a “nominated photographer” for such gatherings?
Sunset & a cooling breeze were successful in breaking up the party & we dispersed to all corners of Sydney, mindful of the big challenges that lay ahead for Sunday. Thank you Brompton Australia, CheekyT & all the entertaining Bromptonauts!
Aussie on a Brompton 
Love the mental image of the Brompton convoy foraging through the brush! Love your photos, too — it’s impossible to see hordes of Bromptons gathered together without smiling at the brilliant colors and the inherent good cheer they inspire!
Ta Brommie. Lack of pics was disappointing but I suspect that remembering to take more could have been too much for the blog? Gatherings such as these are so hard to convey with such differences in colour & configuration (& owners?)