[Weakling]

http://www.swissbike.com/

New to me. But I guess you guys have numerous threads about it that me fail to find?

Is it expensive and heavy? Too big for my Bus anyway. I doubt our driver allows it.

The Folding Demo show the taking apart front wheel and folding the rest in detail.
I fail to make the link to it here. But you see it on their site down right menu

It show how little me knows about bikes, This is a design by the famous Harry Montague

Harry Montague, a Washington, D.C. architect and inventor, developed the original design for the Montague line of high-performance travel-friendly bicycles as a result of more than ten years of research and development.

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[CaptainSpalding]

Yep.

Left: Swissbike TX. Right: Montague Paratrooper

http://www.bikemania.biz/v/vspfiles/photos/Montague_Swiss_TX-2.gif . . . . http://www.abikestore.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000004/montague-paratrooper.jpg

Not a good choice for multimodal commutes, IMHO.

[pismocycleguy]

The Montague Swiss TX. I purchased one recently for $545.00. Not too pricey in my opinion. IS it heavy?
Yes, but I am in the process of replacing the cheap suspension fork with a rigid fork, the crankset with a Sugino unit, the bars with some CF bars, and replace the tires with some lighter and smoother ones.
Somebody on this forum has gotten the weight down to about 24 pounds, I believe.
The front wheel must be removed to make a complete fold. Not too handy for bus/train travel.
:)

[LittlePixel]

Raxel, a user here did a nice light(er) weight converstion of his 'Hummer' branded Montague - thread here (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=393732&highlight=). He says the config below with slick tyres and a few lighter [unspecified] components he can get the weight down to a respectable 8.8kg.
http://img2.dcinside.com/viewimage.php?id=bicycle&no=29bcc427b48177a16fb3dab004c86b3f36bf15545611d805e53b1c3e57fea4ede3ddb0d44e3d4f4579ad0f36afc091db9 366cda40d48e92501d7c4acbce2c0be2aae297fd46578b4b23cec1fe5dd31fcdcd8&f_no=25a8dd2be0c007a577bcdaba0eee7502709308a7dcc28be471727b10

[Raxel]

With $40 aluminium rigid fork and some quality parts, you can easily make this bike ~10kg without spending too much. It is still large, but actually lighter than most folding bikes at similiar price range. I occasionally carry the bike on the bus and bus drivers usually let me in.

I'm now working on fitting lightweight components AND 700c road wheelset to hummer frame. Current build plan includes SRAM rival drivetrain, some lightweight parts(3T Prima 199 handelbar, F99 stem, KCNC seatpost, am classic wheelset). From my spreadsheet, it'll turn into a 8.5kg (w/o pedals) foldable road bike.

[pismocycleguy]

Raxel
What is the length of the Mosso rigid fork, measured from dropouts to top of crown, that you replaced the suspension fork with on your Hummer bike. :)

[Raxel]

I haven't measured yet but it is suspension corrected fork I guess so overall geometry hasn't changed much.