Originally Posted by
Lake_Tom
Thanks, Invisiblehand. My hunch is that I should modify my Raleigh R20 folder with some lower gearing to take the 15% hills. Tires would be wide enough. Want new rims, though.
A buddy gave me the R20. Somebody was going to scrap it so he grabbed it. Years later, he handed it off to me. I rode it around the neighborhood a few times for fun. My GF hates that garage queen: I now have four bicycles. Do you think we could fit an R20 and a new folder into a Toyota Matrix hatchback? If we were set up for a camping vacation, things would start to get tight in there.
Well ... I have actually never seen a folded R20 in person. But if you were willing to remove a wheel, I am pretty confident that you could fit two in the back of a relatively big hatchback.
What are your plans for the lower gearing; how low do you have to go? I assume that you have a three speed hub.