Originally Posted by
bikehog164
How sturdy is a folding bike? Could it go on a bumpy road? I don't mean like a mountain bike trail, just a pot hole ridden road.
I did Puerto Rico on a Brompton, very rough roads and forest trails there, pails of mud and water and sand. Some sizable potholes were as deep as wide. The bike did fine and in some ways I felt more secure than on a more sizable bike, given the rather low center of gravity.