You can have three folding bikes........

[Dynocoaster]

because of the other thread regarding owning one folder, what would you put in your stable if all you could have was three folding bikes.
I will start with a Bike Friday, Downtube Mini and a Dahon Boardwalk.

[Sixty Fiver]

I would have to keep my Phillips 20 with it's drop bars and fixed gear conversion.

After that...something that was airworthy (thinking about a Brompton) would be essential and a full size folder would be most desireable.

[14R]

Brompton SE2X Raw Lacquer as the urban assault, Stealthy Ninja bike;

Bike Friday (Fastest available in the market) for Lycra roadies humiliation bike;

Birdy Rohloff as the world touring bike.

[somnatash]

Brompton SE2X Raw Lacquer as the urban assault, Stealthy Ninja bike;

Bike Friday (Fastest available in the market) for Lycra roadies humiliation bike;

Birdy Rohloff as the world touring bike.


:thumb:

+1 only I would go for colour in the brompton

[Lalato]

Birdy Anthracite Rohloff... just because I'll never have that kind of money
Brompton or Dahon Curl... for smallest possible fold
Velotech Grasshopper... who wouldn't want a folding recumbent?

--sam

[SesameCrunch]

Drool.... I would want...

Alex Moulton NS for the faster rides - US$12,000:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e157/sesamecrunch/MoultonNS.jpg

A Ti Brompton S6LX for travel - US$2500:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e157/sesamecrunch/S6L_side_view.jpg

and a Downtube Mini for just kicking around - US$500:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e157/sesamecrunch/Mini.sm.jpg

Drools....

[tulip]

Bike Friday (Fastest available in the market) for Lycra roadies humiliation bike;


That one (I like to think my PRP is such a bike, but my legs only humiliate so many roadies)
Tikit
Maybe a Strida for the extra-funny looks I'd get.

[relyt]

If I could only have 3:

1. A Brompton for day-to-day stuff
2. A Bike Friday NWT for travelling
3. Some kind of folding mountain bike

[stevegor]

......3 is not enough


However if we're talking folding bikes:

1: Bike Friday PRP with full Durace groupset, for manic bunch rides.

2: BF NWT with Rohloff and Schlumpff for touring.

3: The most expensive Moulton imagineable, just to sit and drool at.

[folder fanatic]

because of the other thread regarding owning one folder, what would you put in your stable if all you could have was three folding bikes.
I will start with a Bike Friday, Downtube Mini and a Dahon Boardwalk.

The exact same ones I have right now:
Dahon Modified to 3 speed Boardwalk S1
Dahon Piccolo
Brompton No Frills C type

[Foldable Two]

because of the other thread regarding owning one folder, what would you put in your stable if all you could have was three folding bikes.
I will start with a Bike Friday, Downtube Mini and a Dahon Boardwalk.

Well, I already have two of those three (a Bike Friday NWT and a Boardwalk S1).

My 3rd folder would likely be a tikit - a large sized tikit - since a Mini or a Curve would present size and structural issues for someone like myself who is 6'3" with long arms and legs.

[social suicide]

Been there, done that. Sears tote cycle would be my pick for #4. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2273/2630772847_5d30fee35e_o.jpg

[Dahon.Steve]

My three folders would have to satisfy my needs of getting on the bus, weekend club rides and a shopper bike that I can leave locked outside with a kryptonite chain.

1. CarryMe --- Best bike for boarding bus or crowded train. No bag needed and you can actually sit down with the bike between your legs without offending anyone.

2. Dahon Boardwalk 3 Speed ---- Cheap inexpensive utility bike that you won't be too afraid leaving locked outside a shopping mall or supermarket. Alright, so it has to be hidden.

3. Bike Friday New World Tourist --- With a dual drive, this would be my weekend/travel bike.

[bicyclridr4life]

My 3 choices would be:

Dream: Raleigh 20 Retro Rod, with 7 or 8 speed internal gear hub
Have: Tank Micro 16 (someday) converted to 3 speed
Have: Sears Tote Cycle (presently a SA 3 speed with coaster brake, want to upgrade to SA 7 speed internal hub with drum brake and front dynamo hub with drum brake.)

[prtyich]

Or you can just get one - the cadenza 8 or matrix....

[makeinu]

Oh man, if I could figure out the answer to this question then I wouldn't need to come here anymore, but here's my best stab:
1. Carryme- everything a folding bike should be
2. IF Mode- everything a city bike should be
3. Brekki (Brompton Recumbent Conversion)- souped up with extra gears for long excursions into the great unknown

[mulleady]

Brompton SE2X Raw Lacquer as the urban assault, Stealthy Ninja bike;

Bike Friday (Fastest available in the market) for Lycra roadies humiliation bike;

Birdy Rohloff as the world touring bike.

2/3 of mine there. A man of taste! :thumb:

I'd substitute the Bike Friday for a Dahon Mu XXV special edition. :love:

Birdy in anthracite stunning! Would add Pantour front suspension hub to my Brompton so almost 1/3 already. Only anothjer £4000 to go lol!

[snafu21]

26" Dahon Matrix for single-track line mud-plugging

Dahon Hammerhead for bonkers road race fantasy

Downtube IX FS (in Orange) for 20" folding urban fun.

Total cost £900.00 or less.

[mulleady]

26" Dahon Matrix for single-track line mud-plugging

Dahon Hammerhead for bonkers road race fantasy

Downtube IX FS (in Orange) for 20" folding urban fun.

Total cost £900.00 or less.

You narcissist! You own all of those bikes loll!

Are you implying you are now a fulfilled woman with Tango Tim's latest acquistion to the Snafu harem?

[mulleady]

Surely the bike below must make you drool Snafu? (Maybe in psychadelic orange perhaps?) :Dhttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3202/2657457879_0444666e12_o.jpg

[mulleady]

8 Dahon MU XXV Special Edition Folding Bike

http://www.leisurelakesbikes.com/images/ProductImages/Bikes/Others/08DahonMUXXV.jpg (http://www.leisurelakesbikes.com/images/ProductImages/fullsize/Bikes/Others/08DahonMUXXV.jpg)
http://www.leisurelakesbikes.com/images/Content/Enlarge.png (http://www.leisurelakesbikes.com/images/ProductImages/fullsize/Bikes/Others/08DahonMUXXV.jpg)
Our Low Price £1,999.99


It's only loose change at £2k $4k!!! Move aside Downtube your reign as the king of high quality budget folders has ended. :D

[Simple Simon]

1. Brompton 2SL (smallest fold, lightish - THE all rounder)
2. Strida5 (for multimode commute, low weight, rolling clean fun)
3. Dahon Cadenza or Pacific IF-Cross (whichever takes 700c's - fast, full sized, MM capable).

[makeinu]

It's only loose change at £2k $4k!!! Move aside Downtube your reign as the king of high quality budget folders has ended. :D

Wow, looking at the current exchange rate you can get one for less than a top of the line titanium Brompton if you buy it here in the US: 3,000 USD/1,500 GBP (http://brandscycle.com/itemdetails.cfm?sort=pricedesc&id=10595).

If I were interested in riding to nowhere with the roadies then I'd be all over it. Such a great bike (the SL that is, I can only imagine how much better the XXV is).

[invisiblehand]

Hmmmmmmmm ...

(1) A modified Brompton with a high end 8/9 speed hub, the right handlebar height/reach, and that can fit ERTO 355 wheels with fenders. I'll supply the Brompton front bag!

(2) NWT with Campy shifters (Jtek shiftmate) and ... lots of specific componentry ... for most rides.

(3) A seperable Moulton with the ERTO 406 wheels. If Bike Friday comes through with their new high-end road bike then I would consider that as well.