Inventor, entrepreneur and founder of Brompton Bicycle company, Andrew Ritchie, talks to Reading People about his journey creating one of the most famous bikes in the world.

Book:

Fermat’s Last Theorem: The Story of a Riddle that Confounded the World’s Greatest Minds for 358 Years by Simon Singh

Advice:

“Don’t think that there is only good in things that gets your name in the lights. I struck lucky, but there are masses of interesting things out there and good to be done. Engineering is about getting things to work and making them happen.”

Our chosen track:

Bicycle Race by Queen

Date recorded: 14/01/19