Originally Posted by
Schwinnsta
Would you not prefer that this load be taken by the frame?
Nope. Touring bikes almost universally have the dunnage attached to the steering axis.
Strange that Dahon did not put a luggage block lug on this model.
At a cost of pennies in the factory.
Not really. Still at so little cost and something a portion of potential customers think they want, why not?
Does your bike roll on the rear like as well as Brompton?
There's a video by 'he who cannot be named' showing a folded Curl given a push and rolling way across the warehouse floor. The bike tracks straight and takes no discernable effort to push along in trolley mode. Hard to imagine a folded bike rolling better*. The Brompton I rented for my bike&train tour in Scotland didn't have a rear rack so I don't have a basis to compare.
*On a smooth surface. Like nearly all folding bikes, unfold it to roll across rough/unpaved surfaces.