Not exactly a folder but you will be impressed...

[aroundoz]

http://www.bicyclespecialtiesonline.com/road_bikes1.htm

The short of it is the builder of this bike did some modifications on my MB1 many years ago so I contacted him to see what he has in the way of travel bikes. He referred me to his site. However, he is currently is not making bikes but plans to start up again in about 6 months. What a work of art. I am sure it is a little pricy due to the cost of the BTCs.

[LittlePixel]

Those are very nice - quite similar to the minibike I'm thinking about having built. (and not dissimilar to the 80's Mongoose Moosegoose
(See this thread from last month) (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=162129)

Maybe I should go for s&s coupling on my design? Would be ever-so easy to pull apart as a fixie....
Hmm you've got me thinking now! Not sure I'd need quite as many as he's used - 2 rather than four would surely be enough?...

I love the tandem segment accessory. In theory you could keep adding those haha imagine a 5 rider tandem for family days out!

[aroundoz]

I agree that a couple couplings would be plenty. The price for the above would be out of my reach but since he was the framebuilder....

I hesitated in posting this thread since it really isn't folder. However, this forum seams to be equally about "bikes for traveling and commuting w/ compact wheels". That doesn't flow as well.

[wpflem]

I agree that a couple couplings would be plenty. The price for the above would be out of my reach but since he was the framebuilder....

I hesitated in posting this thread since it really isn't folder. However, this forum seams to be equally about "bikes for traveling and commuting w/ compact wheels". That doesn't flow as well.


A "folder" doesn't have to have a hinge, it just needs to break somewhere on the frame so it can be compacted for easy transport and storage. Separables after often consider folders.

[LittlePixel]

On the topic of minibikes, Tony Rentschler in New York mailed me last night to tell me he's built a new minivelo - this time based on 451 wheels and a new geometry. It's a beautiful machine with trick adjustable dropouts, and matt black paint.
I :love: this bike!

Being a splendid chap there's a full gallery of the build here:

http://homepage.mac.com/w.rentschler/.cv/w.rentschler/Sites/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2006-02-01%2013.41.27%20-0800/Image-2371E4BA936B11DA.jpg-thumb_140_105.jpg (http://homepage.mac.com/w.rentschler/PhotoAlbum80.html)

[Dave Hickey]

Would he sell frames to the public? That lastest frame is exactly what I've been looking for. Fixed/single speed, disc brakes and 451 wheels..

[bikeeverywhere]

Very cool stuff being pointed at in thei thread.
Thanks.
Here a link of a builder of a much lower quality level, but awesome cool non-the-less:

http://mnhpva.org/meetings/Sept_02/Folder.html

J. Olson

[LittlePixel]

That's sort of somewhere between a Swift and a BikeFriday. neat minimal machine. As for whether he'd build them to order - I asked him and it's not something he's really into - he's not likely to get parts at cost as a normal non-trade guy building frames for fun more than profit for and as such thinks it's not really viable. Nice bikes though - why not get on BikeCad (google it), come up with something ideal to you and take it to a builder near you that can make it out of steel! :)

[MnHPVA Guy]

Here a link of a builder of a much lower quality level, but awesome cool non-the-less:
http://mnhpva.org/meetings/Sept_02/Folder.html
Besides Dan's little cutie here are a few other MnHPVA folders and demountables.
http://mnhpva.org/Meetings/May_02/HH.html

http://mnhpva.org/Meetings/Jan_02/dg12.html
And
http://mnhpva.org/Meetings/Feb_02/Dave12.html
Dave is general manager of Surly Bikes. 3 years later he showed us the original prototype the Pugsly, which is rather at the far end of the spectrum from this little cutie.
http://mnhpva.org/Meetings/2005/feb_05/dg1.jpg

Mary Arneson's Brompton Folder Conversion
http://bikesmithdesign.com/Meetings/May_04/pages/01.html
and the next 4 pages

Chris Burbank built a rather intriguing folding 'bent
http://mnhpva.org/Meetings/Oct_04/pages/15.html
and the next 3 pages.

Shots of the finished product are shown at
http://mnhpva.org/Meetings/2005/feb_05/cb1.jpg
http://mnhpva.org/Meetings/2005/feb_05/cb2.jpg

In this shot, he didn't yet have the cable disconnects in place, so the front wheel/fork/handlebar assembly was still in the picture, but you can see you small the frame folds.
http://mnhpva.org/Meetings/2005/feb_05/cb3.jpg

As you can see we have a rather clever group here.

[bangkok]

Cool stuff.

This shows 3 prototypres of a Birdy recumbent in Japan

http://www2.odn.ne.jp/~cct41390/bicycle/kai/index.htm

[MnHPVA Guy]

The nice thing about the Japanese prototype is that it puts the rider more rearward than most smallbike/recumbent conversions. Getting the riders hands well behind the steering axis and rearward weight distribution slows the handling a bit. Whereas such bikes are usually rather twitchy. The bad news is that the unique Birdy fork forces a higher BB height.

BTW Another "demountable" brought to a recent MnHPVA meeting was a pair of "suitcase" BikeE recumbents.

http://mnhpva.org/Meetings/2006/jan_06/images/la1.jpg
http://mnhpva.org/Meetings/2006/jan_06/images/la2.jpg
http://mnhpva.org/Meetings/2006/jan_06/images/la3.jpg