Originally Posted by
shrooms
Please share your list of your future bikes and why would you buy them.
I'm not really planning on buying another folder anytime soon (I've already got
my Alex Moulton)...but one can dream.
Let's start with the historical folders:
Gotta have a Bickerton. I've always liked the looks of the 'Country' model.
The Diblasi R24 was easily the most brilliant
concept in a folder.
A Velo Le Petit Bi is probably the ultimate in French quirkiness, and just the bike to pull from the trunk of a Citroen DS.
A Peugeot Captain Gerard would be perfect for tweed rides.
Current production:
The new Birdys are slick. I think Birdys (or is it 'Birdies'?) are one of just a few bikes that transcend 'folding' and are fine all around bicycles. Hmmm, City or Speed?
A Brompton S3E - Brompton, another brilliant concept bike, lacking in execution.
A Dahon Mu Rohloff, just because it's beautiful.
A Strida Evo 18 - in a hundred years, these will be displayed in museums with placards raving about their brilliance of design. Of course, in a hundred years they won't have to ride one daily!
An Ori Surpaz CR 3.0, for club rides.
Finally, a mythological (future?) bike:
An 'Eastern' frame Dahon Curl. I fear the Dahon team is in a meeting right now, figuring out how to mess the design up and delay it further.