Originally Posted by
smallwheeler
honestly, i can't tell when you are trolling or giving a straight forward opinion. i guess i will have to start taking seriously the caveat you include as your tagline: "I known next to nothing. I am frequently wrong."
it really beggers belief that you sincerely think that this:
was "inspired" by this:
and is somehow equivalent to this:
My sig line is a test. You fail.
I do sincerely think this, but it helps if you show that picture of the folded bike, with the Birdy in the background for effect.
The fold characteristics are such that yes, I think the Tyrell was definitely inspired by the Birdy. If you can't see this, you are being intentionally blind to the comparison: rear wheel which folds under and offset from the frame plane, front wheel which folds alongside the frame, handle post folding down to the side of the frame, seat post straight down into the seat tube, non folding front portion of the frame connecting the seattube/BB/headtube. And does the Tyrell have front suspension to go along with the rear elastomer suspension, just like the Birdy?
I don't mind that the Tyrell is inspired by the Birdy fold, just like I don't mind that the Curl is inspired by the Brompton. At least R&M have actually updated their models -- you chose to show the monocoque design here instead of the traditional, earlier style in the pic I quoted -- while Brompton has managed incremental improvements at best in the same time...