Hi all,

I'm starting a several month-long bike tour around Malaysia and Indonesia in about a week. I don't have a bike.

It's a long story but the bottom line is I'd like to quickly buy a Dahon and outfit it with panniers. I won't be camping or cooking along the way so the weight will be minimal. I think rear panniers should do it. My rides will be more or less on good roads with some inclines but nothing crazy.

My problem is that I am overwhelmed with the choices here in Kuala Lumpur. There aren't the same Dahons as there would be in a western country but there are still many Dahons with many products numbers. I was hoping that someone might tell me which of the following would be ideal for touring around. All have 20 inch wheels. All bikes are between 450 USD and 550 USD I've narrowed it down to these:

Vitesse D8
Curve D7 Akibo
Boardwalk D7
Brizda D8
Speed D8 (I think my favorite)
MU D8
SUV D6

When I do Western review site searches I sometimes see these referred to as P8 and not D8 but that's not what they say around here.

Any help would be great!

-Dave