Dahon Speed D7 folding bicycle
@Joz wrote: BIke Friday (no longer made) had a trailer option - hard case and a wheel/frame kit. You can fit a Brompton into the trailer if you try and the trailers come up on ebay now and then. Most...
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@noahdjango wrote: I had heard they are popular in the small aircraft community. good info w/r/t upgrading the frame. as with so many things, you get what you pay for, but nice to know the frames are...
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@SteampunkBanana wrote: The weird parts come from the, well, weird parts of the bike. Folding handlestem, folding pedals, things like that. There is a weird thing with the rear derailleur, where it's...
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@tw1515tw wrote: I have a folding bike, and I must admit, I look enviously at the Brompton owners. Its size seems to work, when it comes to tucking it under the seat or up on the racks in the London...
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@daneel wrote: Why choose a folding bicycle over a unicycle? Read full topic
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@funruly wrote: daneel: Why choose a folding bicycle over a unicycle? I don't want to look like I'm from Portland. <------ Brompton owner, no regrets. Read full topic
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@mtdna wrote: noahdjango: folders are notoriously picked apart by the cycling community Non-folders are notoriously picked apart by the business travel community. I don't think we're so much into...
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@mtdna wrote: David Byrne rides a Montague. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/arts/design/09bike.html Read full topic
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@Eksrae wrote: He didn't want to look like he was from Portland, so you show him a unicycle driving all over my old neighborhood -- in Portland. That'll show him. Read full topic
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@funruly wrote: He meant it as an insult. The poor chap has an anti-pathy for P-town. Read full topic
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@dobby wrote: I had 20" wheels build on Shimano hubs, the front being a shimano dyno hub sourced form a Brompton dealer in the UK as it is a nonstandard 70mm width. Since I hate dealing with flats I...
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@Michael_R_Smith wrote: I do a bike+train commute and one other bike rider I see has a folding bike with a belt drive. I was sceptical of belt drive bikes until I bought an avanti inc 3. Now I am not...
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@Michael_R_Smith wrote: Well yeah the roads must roll. Read full topic
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@jsroberts wrote: I used to take a unicycle on the train to university every morning. It was cheaper and easier to collapse than a folding bike, but you use a huge amount of energy to go anything like...
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@Mitchel_Ahern wrote: I love my Columba (not a misprint) folder - 26" wheels and super cheap at $229. Yes, not as light nor as compact and fast to fold as a Dahon, but the price and big wheels make up...
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@daneel wrote: A friend of mine cycled Lands End to John O'Groats a few years ago. I think he took a little under two weeks - he met some people who were unicycling it in about a week. I think they...
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@codinghorror wrote: I have this, which is interesting 6a0120a85dcdae970b01538f17503f970b-800wi.jpg600x579 129 KB http://www.strida.com/en/main/ Belt drive, unicycle style fold, disc brakes....
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@SteampunkBanana wrote: Yeah, what are those, 12" Read full topic
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@noahdjango wrote: sounds like you did it up proper! Read full topic
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@dobby wrote: I have looked at those ultra compact Strida bikes with interest, but last I looked $US600-2000 was a bit much for such a simple/limited bike when I already have the Dahon mod which...
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@alrom wrote: I used the Dahon D7 to ride from home to the train station everyday. It's quite a good bike, but it didn't take the cobbled streets of Madrid well. All the vibrations loosened the screws...
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@telecinese wrote: I believe the biggest point of folders is 'intermodal' travel or commute: when part of your trip includes planes, trains and automobiles (so to speak) your standard...
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@Michael_R_Smith wrote: How fast can you get it going? I know that the belt limits the radius of the rear cog, reducing the drive ratio further. Read full topic
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