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Old 06-19-05, 12:04 AM
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Anthony King
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I believe Richardson Bike Mart stocks Dahons. I have used a full size (26") and small wheeled (16") folder. I still have the 16", but if I could do it over again I'd get a 20" because it's a good compomise as far as ride and folding size are concernced. I actually think you can have a nice bike with 16" wheels (Brompton certainly does well), but most of Dahon's better models have 20" wheels. I've always thought this one looks nice for the money http://dahon.com/heliosp8.htm

I don't think the gearing will be any problem for you, as the area around here isn't that hilly. As bostontrevor mentioned, you can simply spin down hills, and this area is really so flat that a "low" gear of 50 inches would probably be fine, even when you're loaded down with gear.
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