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Building a Brompton

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Did you know that if you post just a link to a video on Youtube, that the post gets removed n a grumpy email sent through?

Well I do now. So here is what I think is an interesting video on Brompton manufacturing. 

 
Posted : 26/10/2025 9:06 pm
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Why is it interesting? If I wanted to randomly pick YouTube videos to watch, I’d go to YouTube…

 
Posted : 26/10/2025 10:05 pm
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Well it was very interesting and informative - thanks Brainflex. I guessed it might be interesting from the thread title, video title and the fact a fellow forum member had taken the effort to post it in the bike forum.

 
Posted : 26/10/2025 10:32 pm
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Did you know that if you post just a link to a video on Youtube, that the post gets removed n a grumpy email sent through?

Yes I've fallen foul of that myself.

 
Posted : 27/10/2025 1:26 pm
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Posted by: mick_r

Well it was very interesting and informative - thanks Brainflex. I guessed it might be interesting from the thread title, video title and the fact a fellow forum member had taken the effort to post it in the bike forum.

I am like 90% sure that @tomhoward is inviting the OP to actually have a conversation about the video. He is not questioning whether the video is interesting or not.

Because while the OP has managed to circumvent the rules by adding text he has still cold dropped a video. Whilst adding a little bit of snark.

Its not a hard rule to understand.

 

 
Posted : 27/10/2025 2:15 pm
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I tend to not view links that are posted without a sentence or two about the content. As said above if I wanted to view random videos I do it on youtube.  

 
Posted : 27/10/2025 5:45 pm
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Well I guess my problem is that I assume people are intelligent enough to work out from my title n the video title what the video is about. Sorry for overestimating people's abilities. I assume this is what the readers want?

"Here is a video on the manufacturing process used in the making of a Brompton folding bike. It includes talk about changes made to streamline the process, upskill the staff and the equipment used in the process. Of particular interest to me was the process used in brazing the joints together, what did you find interesting?"

 

Hopefully that'll help the critics relate to a random video drop with what I see as simple explanatory titles.

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p.s. Do people have the same disdain for post titles that do not accurately describe the contents of an opening post? If not, why not?

 

 
Posted : 27/10/2025 7:53 pm
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It was a very interesting video.  I enjoyed it. I hope Brompton continues to thrive… it must be a tough operating environment. Thanks for posting.  

 
Posted : 27/10/2025 7:58 pm
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Posted by: Brainflex

Well I guess my problem is that I assume people are intelligent enough to work out from my title n the video title what the video is about. Sorry for overestimating people's abilities. I assume this is what the readers want?

"Here is a video on the manufacturing process used in the making of a Brompton folding bike. It includes talk about changes made to streamline the process, upskill the staff and the equipment used in the process. Of particular interest to me was the process used in brazing the joints together, what did you find interesting?"

 

Hopefully that'll help the critics relate to a random video drop with what I see as simple explanatory titles.

😎

 

p.s. Do people have the same disdain for post titles that do not accurately describe the contents of an opening post? If not, why not?

 

Lol.

 

 

 
Posted : 27/10/2025 8:01 pm
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I haven’t watched the video yet but I’ve read the book! If you like manufacturing it’s fascinating.

 
Posted : 29/10/2025 3:09 am

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