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nigelme

07-09-08, 12:37 PM

Just stumble across this, the Koga Miyata Founder-S. Has anyone ever seen or ridden one?

http://www.bicyclemagic.com/product/1735/KOGA_MIYATA_FounderS_Folding

£1000 seems a bit much. Interesting offset front-suspension.

Capreo 9-speed gear. Schwalbe Marathon Racer tyres . A Selle Italia FLX Lady-Leather saddle - What's Lady-Leather!! Quite heavy at 14 kilos.

Koga Miyata mostly make well regarded Tourers.

what bike?

07-09-08, 01:12 PM

ive seen it also looks like a stirdy decent bike, price wayyy to steep, i also like the little netting at the back of the bike behind the seat post, although havent heard much about them i just managed to stumble across it on the internet.

also look at the back suspension:

also want a better view use this link: http://www.koga.com/fsi.asp?id=21754

pokkuhlag

07-09-08, 01:17 PM

I've actually spotted one on a train station at rotterdam in the Netherlands. It looked very nice, didn't knew they were so high spec'ed and priced until later when I googled it.

what bike?

07-09-08, 01:19 PM

i wish that i will see 1 some day :)

what bike?

07-09-08, 01:21 PM

nigelme

07-09-08, 02:25 PM

take a look at this site, i think its in german but you can still see what the bikes look like, there are some really high speced and cool bikes on it :

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bromptonauten.de/Resources/tobikea.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://www.bromptonauten.de/konkurrenz3.html&h=160&w=227&sz=6&hl=en&start=15&um=1&tbnid=NmH6FOcYsaabyM:&tbnh=76&tbnw=108&prev=/images%3Fq%3DTObike%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

Clicking on your link gave me a nasty shock. The first thing I read was 'DIE BROMPTONAUTON!', I thought "I know some people are a bit anti-folders but..", then I remembered it was a German site.

I like the 'Tobike', it's like a regurgitated Moulton.

gringo_gus

07-09-08, 02:43 PM

yeah but what I can't find is a pic of how it folds... anyone help?

what bike?

07-09-08, 03:25 PM

yes i like it aswell, i dont know how it folds, anyone know where they are available?

i also like the riese and muller frog, the PBW, swift folder, pacy twenty, both pashleys, di blasi, and the bridgestones