Brompton Lights, Fittings and Reflectors

Lights, reflectors and brackets

Brompton offer three different lighting / reflector options as standard from the factory

Because of the folding capabilities of a Brompton, the lights need to be mounted / fitted to the bike in such a way as not to interfere with the fold. Attaching a band held front light to the handlebars or seat post works OK - until you try and fold the bike - when you often find that the light needs to be moved / removed in order to fold the bike up properly

Below is a short summary of the Brompton offerings, we have also added some Brompton compatible alternatives

Reflectors only

• Red rear reflector
• White front reflector

Note: Spoke reflectors are no longer fitted, as the reflective sidewall of the tyres fitted negates the need

Battery lighting

Rear battery lights

There are now two rear light options offered by Brompton as standard from the factory

• a USB rechargeable light which fits to the base of the saddle (introduced in 2017 and fitting the new 2017 saddle only) - made in conjunction with CatEye
• the traditional Brompton rear light - which just has on / off function and a built in reflector - made by Spanninga. This replaces the rear reflector. This uses traditional AAA batteries

• We also added a light from Busch and Muller which fits the Brompton brackets (50mm spacing between mounting bots id you are interested) and has a built in reflector

Front battery lighting

• Brompton now uses a CatEye Volt front light as an option - this fits to the brake calliper / fork junction and replaces the reflector - but uses a different mounting bracket. It is USB rechargeable

Dynamo lighting

Dynamo lighting is the fit and forget option - no batteries to change or re-charging required, and they have come a long way since the days of the bottle / tyre / traction dynamo systems of the past

Previous Brompton dynamo options

Brompton have replaced the two previous options for dynamo lighting - both utilised a front wheel with built in dynamo to power the front and rear light

These options were from SON/Schmidt and Shimano - they use the same rear light, but the SON one uses a more powerful front light with a built in stand light function (so the light stays on for a short period after you stop).

New for 2018 - SP

In 2018 Brompton released a new dynamo wheel from SP - Shutter Products - very compact and lightweight - this replaced both the SON and Shimano systems

The new SP dynamo set comes with a Spanninga Solo rear light and a Busch and Muller Lyt front light

The old Brompton tyre dynamo system (which used a bottle dynamo rolling a wheel on the rear tyre) has now been discontinued