Originally Posted by farrellcollie
Do any of you have pictures of folding your downtube and putting it in the bag? My bars
(viii non fs)
seem to fold to the inside rather than the outside of the bike. What am I doing wrong? Thanks. I still love this bike and use it more often than my dahon - which is my 2nd back up bike. I don't often need to fold it - but thought I would practice putting it in bag for when I do - it was a disaster. Icouldn't find pictures of how to fold on downtube site - so I thought I would ask here.
The stem should fold to the right of the bike (assuming you are on the bike) however several customers have swapped the orientation of the stem. Rotating it 180 degrees it will fold to the left and will give a more compact fold. However that folding technique may take an extra second or two. Either approach should be compact enough for the bag. Once the stem is folded the frame can swing around to give you a nice compact fold.
To be honest I am not a big fan of using the bag, I hardly ever use it. Well over 50% of our customers requested a bag when they bought our VI model last year, hence we decided to include a bag with every purchase. I can try to take some pictures next weekend, however if I look clumsy/silly I will not post
