The saga continues from the comfort if a train station veg restaurant ( one of the good value things in Taiwan)...
Fed up with Dahon thought I'd try my second choice (1st choice really, just beyond my budget): Brompton.
M6L - NT5200 (USD 1717)
P6R - NT6000 ($1981)
S2L - NT4900 ($1618)
BTW, everyone is quoting me proves on hundreds, which is an absurdly low price. They *must* mean THOUSANDS.
I have no no idea how this compares to Canada/USA. Besides shipping from Macau, China, UK or wherever else the parts if not the entire bikes might be manufactured, perhaps there is duty. So, even though Taiwan is an advanced developing nation somewhere between second and third (emerging markets stock market investment watchers claim so) it is NOT a cheap country. Apparently not to buy an imported bicycle either.
Challenge here is is finding high-quality locally made instead of US and British.