Originally Posted by
fietsbob
at Bike Friday, made in Oregon, you can get a Gates belt drive option with either 20" 406 or 451, on the NWT Silk.
Or the new PakIt. Brompton type, 349 high pressure 16".. They, made in several sizes and offering more options,..
There is another 16" tire smaller 305 rim, fatter lower pressure tire , common on Asian folding bikes and kids bikes..
[have a BF Tikit, and a Brompton, 16", and a BF Pocket Llama 20", all use Chain Drives..]
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The BF are intriguing, but their price-point isn’t. I’m quite fond of the more “artisinal” products such as Bike Friday and have NO problems with what they charge. In other words I dont consider them over-priced, just pricey. We had a custom Teardrop trailer built by one of their “neighbors” in Eugene Ore. and we love it (the teardrop trailer actually started our foray into folders in the first place!) but at this point in time a Bike Friday isn’t in our budget. Besides, 1 means 2 in our family as we do most of our riding together (and nearly everything else for that matter. 32 years and counting)