Originally Posted by
Jipe
I wouldn't trust too much the announced weight and wouldn't use it as a criterion of choice between those different bikes!
They are all full steel, no titanium fork and rear triangle, a weight around 11kg seems already optimistic.
The Solorock has the L-twoo transmission which is better.
3sixtty is a well known Brompton clone brand that exists since a long time while other are unknown or appeared more recently. If frame quality is the most important for you, this is the best.
Take into account that an A-line Brompton list price is 1150USD without any discount. If you ever want to sell your bike, the price used of a real Brompton will be much higher than the one of any low cost clone (that with the currently huge shipment costs approaches the A-line price).
Sorry, I shouldn't of listed the 3sixty as it is a 3 speed igh and I'm trying to avoid them. If there was a 3sixty option w/3 to 5 external gears that shipped to the US, it would be a contender.
I did look into Brompton's A line- but its a 3 speed igh too w/no fenders, pedals- super bare bones which will encourage me to upgrade to the C line...
Also looking to avoid the Brompton label too - want this trifold to be functional, not bling clone to reduce chance of theft.