Sauce_Devil
04-17-08, 04:33 AM
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f317/clawador/airframe-super-8-folding-bike.jpgI bought one of these cheap last year for £400 (about $800), strangely there are no really negative reviews I can find about this bike, maybe because it was so expensive that few people bought them - Bromptons are still King of the folding bikes (if you don't include Moultons).
How bad is it? BAD.
If you were to pay full price this is a ridiculously overpriced bike and I think I paid twice as much as it was worth even at £400. It's WoBblY to ride which makes the vertical folding system a total failure - it's the least stable bike I've ever ridden - it's like riding a clown's bicycle - and the chain automatically falls off when you fold it up! What a joke.
It's as complicated to fold and unfold as a Transformer and I have never yet managed to set it up on the first try - expect it to take 5-10 minutes.
My old Phillips Promenade was far more stable and a hell of a lot cheaper - I miss that bike - and I can't understand why Airframe made such a horrendous mess of the design. Gear change is erratic; don't bother trying to tweak the gears, it won't make any difference. The gears on mine take between 5 seconds and 5 MINUTES to change! you can tweak all you like and it won't do a damn thing.
The one good thing about this bike is that it is quite pretty; it's rare and unusual and it looks cool.
Ride comfort: 3/10
Paint finish: 5/10
Practicality: 1/10
Steering: 1/10
Looks: 9/10
How bad is it? BAD.
If you were to pay full price this is a ridiculously overpriced bike and I think I paid twice as much as it was worth even at £400. It's WoBblY to ride which makes the vertical folding system a total failure - it's the least stable bike I've ever ridden - it's like riding a clown's bicycle - and the chain automatically falls off when you fold it up! What a joke.
It's as complicated to fold and unfold as a Transformer and I have never yet managed to set it up on the first try - expect it to take 5-10 minutes.
My old Phillips Promenade was far more stable and a hell of a lot cheaper - I miss that bike - and I can't understand why Airframe made such a horrendous mess of the design. Gear change is erratic; don't bother trying to tweak the gears, it won't make any difference. The gears on mine take between 5 seconds and 5 MINUTES to change! you can tweak all you like and it won't do a damn thing.
The one good thing about this bike is that it is quite pretty; it's rare and unusual and it looks cool.
Ride comfort: 3/10
Paint finish: 5/10
Practicality: 1/10
Steering: 1/10
Looks: 9/10
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