Born in
Liverpool, Brammeier was selected to ride the
2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and represented
Wales at the
2006 Commonwealth Games. Brammeier rode for
DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed in 2006 and signed for
Profel Ziegler Continental Team for the 2007 season. Brammeier was involved in an accident in November 2007, when he was struck by a cement mixing lorry whilst training. He broke both his legs but returned to cycling retaining his contract with Profel in Belgium. He declared Irish nationality in advance of the 2009–10 track season and made a successful debut when finishing 4th in the scratch race at the Manchester World Cup meeting in October '09. He became road race champion at the
Irish National Cycling Championships in June 2010 by beating breakaway partner and defending champion
Nicolas Roche. , in 2012. In 2011, he defended his Irish Elite Road Race title, and also won the National Elite Time Trial title. He joined for the 2012 season, In June 2018 Brammeier announced his retirement from competition and his appointment to the position of lead academy coach to
British Cycling's men's endurance programme from August of that year, with additional responsibility for the men's elite road team in international competition, taking over the latter from
Rod Ellingworth. ==Major results==