badmother

Not a fact I am afraid. Eastern european or European built is not the big issue, but this type of bikes has done more miles than you can imagine. You`ll find a lot of pages documenting peopel using them. Sometimes just greased and adjusted, sometimes rebuilt so much you need to guess what they started as.

http://raleightwenty.webs.com/

http://dekter.net/bikes/r20.html

http://sheldonbrown.com/org//raleigh-twenty.html

http://www.bikexprt.com/bicycle/mytwenty.htm

http://hadland.wordpress.com/2012/06...gh-twenty-r20/

http://sheldonbrown.com/raleigh26.html

http://tuckamoredew.wordpress.com/20...he-raleigh-20/

http://projectr20.blogspot.no/

http://home.comcast.net/~cheg01/r20.html

http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&...+folder&m=text

There is more if you want more. What I am trying to say is that a bike like this is going to place a big grin on your great grandchildrens face if you just keep it maintained, and it`ll survive WW5. This is why we want to tell peopel about this option.

I like the red one for the angle of the hinge= more compact fold than the R20. Also fairly long wheelbase. Somebody mentioned an old Pug folder, that is a different matter. A folder is not a folder.

Nobody is ever going to post this muc about the Solorock 20 or any other similar bike.

Also read this post about what can happen to a fair quality alu bike from a well known company: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...2-Dahon-Mu-Uno You need to know what you are dealing with when you ride and buy folders, if not go with something bomb proof!

The fact that the "cheap folders" threads has a lot of visitors is just telling me that peopel want a lot for nothing.


Also read BNB`s post in this thread about cheap folders. Buy the right thing and be prepaired to weld. Problem is peopel do not always get the answer they want, and they are not always prepaired to read what others have experienced.

Edit: I think the really bad bikes- so called BSO`s (bike shaped objects) also called "boat anchors" if heavy enough is a big polution problems since they are poured out on the marked- to peopel who hope to get a lot for nothing and end up not using them. I see them in the dumpster all the time (when I pop in to look for old Miyatas and Nikishis) and I would not touch them with a pair of plyers.

Also I think the really crappy bikes is a crime against mankind since peopel who buy them learn that bikes is not reiable transport and great fun, it is just problems and frustration.