Dahon 25th Anniversary Bike (lightest folder in production)

[foldingfolder]

check out those cranks.....

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/dahon-launch-lightest-ever-folder-12312?img=1

[makeinu]

Very nice...but 7.5 kg is still too heavy

[maunakea]

and flexy handlepost.

[4cmd3]

And you'll never be able to rid that thing in a snow storm! ;)

[locostbamboo]

I think I have their first model.
:)

BTW, I recently got a new 3 speed hub and twist shifter for it. Quite a difference. I can post pics if anyone is interested. Now I just need a better seat.

Thanks.

Rob

[LittlePixel]

Mmm ghostbike!
I'm liking the bling white Schwalbe 'Kojak' tyres. [anyone heard of those before?... not seen a review for 406 before]

[edit] Cannondale appear to be dipping their toes into the minibike market with The Hooligan (http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/the-weird-and-wornderful-world-of-eurobike-12258) [great name lolz] too

[Dahon.Steve]

That bike weights just above 16 lbs which is lighter than the Presto Lite! I still think a better option than making a lighter bike is to make one that rolls (while folded) like the Strida. A very light bike is nice but you really can't carry the bike everywhere while shopping. A 16 lb bike will get very heavy after carrying it 200 feet so it has limited use. Shopping in a mall or any activity that would require carrying the bike over an extended distance would make it excessive.

The Smooth Hound stole the show.

[psykoocycle]

I've found my next wedding present!!!

[v1nce]

7.5 too heavy....! I hope that is a joke.

Interesting machine, magnesium, crikey! But why white?! Looks like something the Rebel alliance leaders would pedal about.

I did the mini bike, very sharp those leather bits and the bar end shifters, i don't see nearly enough of those these days..

[foldingfolder]

and flexy handlepost.

Actually, I spoke with them at EB... the handle post has been redesigned on all their bikes.
Much stiffer from what I could tell in a quick test.

[foldingfolder]

And you'll never be able to rid that thing in a snow storm! ;)
If you want to ride in the snow... may I suggest the Pugsley by Surley:

http://www.surlybikes.com/pugsley.html

[CrimsonEclipse]

2500 Euros?!?!

That (at present rate 1.37:1.00) is $3425.50

I'll pack a few extra pounds with steel thank-you-very-much and save $2800

CE

P.S. I'm making one of those Pugsleys right now. wheeee

[spambait11]

... the handle post has been redesigned on all their bikes.
Much stiffer from what I could tell in a quick test.
What did they do to make it stiffer?


Actually, I spoke with them at EB...
You happened to be at EuroBike?

[kgibbs51]

They are only making like 250 or 350 of these anyway.