For the most part this may be true. IMHO, which is limited but includes a Bike Friday NWT, the more "race" oriented bike, the Pocket Rocket from Bike Friday, may be worth it (for jyl) to look into. It's been raced by Rob English and even for the more experience club racer is a good small wheeled alternative to larger wheeled road bikes. I have read that there are several triathletes riding Bike Fridays, Birdys and Moultons so the latter two are also a consideration although the Birdie may have the more graceful fold of all three.

Yesterday I finally met another cyclist on my commute home. He was commuting from work (although far more "hardcore" looking than I and was probably an avid roadie, although his legs weren't shaved ) but we had a good spirited ride getting through the city just chatting it up and I thought that my BF NWT kept it's own pretty well. He was obviously a stronger rider than I but this was definitely one of my more memorable commutes... wish there more like this.

Here's the last 1.5 min clip of the ride.
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