lucille

They're here

Thanks for all the help in this forum. You guys are great!

vmaniqui

who would not. congrats ! a black and a red BFs. so i assumed yours is the red one. that's a nice one. you'll have fun with that bike.

lucille

Thanks! Actually, mine is black. The old "coin flip" method... ;-)

coolio

That explains why the red one is in the background. Don't wanna give it too much screen time, lol.

Congrats!

Foldable Two

COOL! Figured yours had to arrive anytime now.

Any ride reports yet???

Lou

lucille

We just did a little ride around the parking lot. I must say, the drops feel weird. I hope I can get used to it, the breaks and gears seem really far away to reach and I hit my leg with bar end shifters getting off the bike.
I still need to adjust my seat and pedals (both brand new, so it's normal), and will try to move the handlebars up a little. We won't have a chance to take it for more of a ride till next weekend, but hopefully I will work out the kinks.

The bikes are gorgeous though, that's the important thing, right?

Dynocoaster 

Congrats.

edwong3

Congrats on the new bikes! So do you already have an adventure or an epic ride planned out yet?

vmaniqui

you're absolutely right about this one. had my tikit2 also (although mine is used) just recently and love it. i was like - how did i miss this one out when i was starting to venture into folding bike. but seriously all i wanted at that time was a cheap commute bike. never had imagined that by joining this forum i could get the much talked about 'FOLDERITIS'. now i am hooked - the $100 bike that i wanted had grown and grown into an expensive hobby. i have to blame everyone here - jur, sesamecruch,lalato,vik, brucemetras, thor, trekjapan and all of you guys.....seriously my name is vic and i am a FOLDERITIC.......

Foldable Two

Just looked at your pics a bit closer - you have folding handle bars on both!!! Read my recent post about making sure all the metal shavings are out of them and greasing the sliding parts.

Looks like you could rotate the drops 'up' a bit to make it less of a stretch. If it's still to far, changing the stems (horizontal piece between the folding stem and the handle bars themselves). I did it on my NWT after injuring my shoulder several years ago. It only takes the a shorter one and a Hex Wrench (recommend the Nashbar set for home use. https://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product...:referralID=NA

Have fun!!!

Lou

snafu21

There's no Cure! Have fun. ( Lift the drops up. )

IronMac

Congrats, the bikes look great! The drops do look a bit low in front but mine are set way up.

Wish I could figure out how to attach photos (from my computer) in my posts. Grrr....

Bike'n'write

Good evening to you all,

Now that this post has become more congratulatory than anything else (of which I give you congratulations on as well), I thought I could steer this conversation to assist me.

I have been a road cyclist for the last three years, and have been considering getting a Bike Friday World traveler. I have been doing a lot of reading about them, and think that they might be the right fit for me.

Here are my questions:

Would anyone recommend getting this bike for touring long distances?

Are they dramatically slower than a typical road bike?

Can they handle the weight of panniers?

Thanks guys

kamtsa

If the bike is not a good fit, I would discuss it with the BF people. They have for example those those temporary adjustable stems that you can get on loan to try different handlebar positions.

Kam

jur

I have been looking at your drop bars... it seems to me they would be far more comfortable if the top part leading to the levers was at least horizontal or even slightly upwards. Downwards like in your pic they can't be of much help.

Foldable Two

This is our daughter's NWT and her "drops" set-up.

The "hoods" are in the higher position Jur and I have mentioned.

lucille

heh heh..... Glad somebody got it... ;-)

lucille

Go to advanced and click on the picture icon. There should be an option to upload from computer, but I admit it's not very intuitive.
I don't really know how to reply with quotes in one post, so doing it separately, sorry about that.

lucille

This is exactly what this thread was meant to be. I was ordered to show off pics when our bikes arrive.
To answer your questions, "yes" to all. There some very helpful threads in this forum you could read, have a look around.

lucille

Thanks. Yes, I don't think it will be problem getting the assistance from BF. I want to try to adjust things myself first and those bars are way too low, as everybody is saying.

lucille

I will try that, thank you!

lucille

It's a beauty! Yes, her bars look much better.

lucille

Yes we both got the stems, so the bikes fold better. Will follow your advice, thank you for pointing it out.

kamtsa

Try the [""]+ icon on the right just below this message. Select all the messages you want to reply and then reply with quotes.

Kam

IronMac

Thanks Lucille, let's give this a shot: