Old 04-22-13 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
i'm a little confused, how is the speed p8 "clumsy for the train" while the espresso "does on the train ok"? the espresso has 26" wheels and the speed p8 has 20" wheels. it seems to me that the bigger wheels of the espresso would be more clumsy on a train than a 20" wheeled speed p8.
Dropping the handlebars down on those dahons can be clunky. The Espresso carries well on the shoulder or walks one handed through the station and then *bam* fold it in one swoop right as I'm walking into the vestibule of the train car.

It is bigger, but more convenient, at least in a certain way.
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