Can't see it working as a MTB, I could be wrong but the design principles of it just don't look on face value that they would work. Also mountain bike riding is a seriously macho sport and these bikes will have a more cutesy/feminine appeal look. I'm getting a sort of 'hello kitty' and handlebar grip tassles vibe from the design especially with those crimped dropouts. It's more a fun, casual, relaxed rider type product I would of thought that doesn't take itself too seriously. Sort of product that could make a city seem more appealing if they adopted it as their share bikes but not a performance or off road design I would of thought. Can't disagree about not getting bored. It's going to be interesting to see the commercial reaction to it.

I've seen crimped dropouts on low cost steel chidren's bikes that have corroded with age, despite the bike having solid tyres and never needing the wheels removed so little wear or abrasion on them but water has got in and corroded them. I saw this on a bike at a recycling shop in Taunton I think not that long ago. Admittedly this was steel and these Dahon bikes could be aluminium but for me it shows that Dahon do not take product quality or lifespan seriously despite their higher pricing. If this was a bargain basement $100 bike people would be critical of crimped dropouts and I see no reason not to apply greater criticism here.

Looking at cheap sub $200 folding bikes on Amazon it looks like an even split with some having crimped dropouts on the front forks and others stamped dropouts but none of them have crimped dropouts for the rear dropouts, all are stamped as far as I can tell. Also looking at existing Dahon models none have crimped dropouts in the current lineup as far as I can tell. There also does seem to be a loose connection with weight capacity. Crimped dropouts and a lower rider weight capacity seem to be connected which I suppose is not surprisingly as previously it was mainly used on children's bikes.

To me it seems like the share bike market requires higher rider weight capacities not lower. I think the Santander share bikes in london have such a high weight capacity that they don't even mention any restriction. The cheap, weak construction of the bike shown would surely not be usable in many cities around the world. Bikes should have decent engineering first with innovation coming second.