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Old 02-01-12 | 06:15 PM
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Sixty Fiver
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People are constantly amazed that a bike with small wheels can do pretty much everything their larger wheeled cousins can do and this applies to the highest levels of performance as well as other areas like touring and long distance cycling.

My Phillip's 20 has been one of my most ridden bicycles and for longer distance rides I have found that it is every bit as good my expedition tourer... last season I put more miles on the folder than any other bike and at times was riding it 500 km a week.

Quite often I would meet other riders on the road and they were amazed this bike with small wheels could not only keep up but exceed the performance of their "real" bicycles.

My P20 folder also serves as a utility bike and love it for towing my trailer as it has ideal gearing and spins up so quickly, even with significant loads.

I have acquired a Moulton Mk2 that I plan to convert into a full on road bicycle and a Dawes Kingpin that will probably be reborn as a proper British all rounder which will let my 20 serve as my foldable and seperable touring bike.

My P20 is not your average Twenty... and has yet to be finished.

Forrest

Tweaking out the Moulton and Dawes will be a much more straight forward affair.
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