Originally Posted by
Azreal911
Those people that think $1000 for a good folder is expensive should look into how much money they spend a year on transit alone! most don't think of the bigger picture and how you don't need to take the bus or subway anymore if you are riding to work.
Well, but a lot of the point of a folder is that you can go multi-modal with it. I still pay ungodly amounts for transit, I just also get to ride rather than take the bus at either end of my rail trip. If I were entirely bike-commuting for the entire round-trip, I'd use a full-size bike.
There are a lot of folders in Boston -- it seems like I see more of them go past every day. Though I still get a ton of comments on it when folding/unfolding at the bus stop. And I walked into a local high-end shop that had previously been pretty much exclusively a roadie place to see a giant display of Bromptons. But I don't know what all brands are available in the area -- there might not be much other than Brompton and Dahon.