I'm quite new to folding bikes and i was looking for one to get to the nearby train station a few times per month. It is around 5 km, through a little town and one really wide open space of around 1 km.

My eyes did fall on the tern link uno, it has nice clean simple looks and contains little extra's that need maintenance, in addition the peddle breaking reminds me of the old days. On the other side i have the tern link d8, with the nice 8 speed thingy. Both have the same good price in my country, actually the d8 is 50 euro chearper.

When you remove all the extra's (excluding the 8 speed thingy) isn't the d8 just the uno when it comes to looks?

Is 8 speed really necessary when driving through really flat terrain and on good roads?

What do you think the basic uno or the sensible choice the d8?

Cheers for your thoughts!