Today, it was slow at work so I went home early. It was raining so I didn't really have the opportunity to take some photos of my new bike "out in the wild" but took some more photos of it indoors.


Here is the bike with my Avenir commuting rack bag. It is a little too big for the bike IMHO. Who else thinks white wall tires are sexy?


The pedals are, well kind of cheap but they work rather well. They have the letters, "FPO" on them. The brand? The entire body is made of a plastic composite but they are solid when unfolded. A possible upgrade in the future.


The main hinge is the ubiquitous locking pin and quick release mechanism. Simple but strong and very reliable. I've had bikes in the past with this very same setup with no problems. It works.


Now we get to the handle-post locking mechanism. In an earlier post, I mentioned it and called it a "cantilever". I am not certain if that's the correct term so any of you "engineering types", feel free to correct me.


Here we start opening the locking mechanism. As you can see, the tension is fully adjustable by turning the rod visible in the photo.

To be continued...