Originally Posted by
lee_rimar
Steve, do you have a genuiune SInclair make, or a knock-off?
If (when) my cheaper one breaks, it may not be worth repairing. But if the "real" A-bike is really better made, more solidly built, I'd be inclined to replace it with that.
Gues I'm looking for feedback from someone who ha both the real deal and the cheap knowck off and can tell me in which areas they differ.
I have the real A-Bike and didn't buy off Ebay. It's the only folder I have that will actually fit between your legs while seated in a bus. I take a non-commuter coach which has no horizontal seats like the ones you would see in a city bus. Therefore, the footprint of the bike is critical and a Brompton or Dahon Curve would be too big to fit between my legs. Furthermore, the overhead bin is not large enough for a 16 inch folder so the A-Bike is the only choice. A Strida would work too but they still don't have an American distributor.