Originally Posted by
Joe Remi
Sure, anyone can accept the weight and choose to enjoy the bike for other reasons. The problem is it was promoted as The New Most Fabulous Ever Lightweight Titanium Folder, and now it's just a nice folder. For those who are still into it and buy the bike it won't matter much, but it's an huge marketing hurdle IMO.
Fair enough, but I never really bought into the lightest this, fastest that, etc. Meh... I shoot photography too. If I believed every claim by every manufacturer about how bloody good their camera is, I'd own them all! LOL For me, it was about the tradeoff: can the Helix really shove a 24" folding bike into almost the same footprint as a Brompton? My Brompton, with rack, leather seat, etc. already clocks in at just under 30 pounds. So for me, it's all relative. As with many others, I'm looking forward to the first "real world" experiences of the bike in actual use.