Sorry to hijack your inquiry, jdog!
But it's a pity that there is no mounting for any kind of front bag (if I remember well, some previous iterations of the Curl had mounting points for a Brompton front block?)
Nope, in 15 years I've never seen a Curl with any front mounting block, Dahon-style or Brompton-style.
The Curl D9 that's been
teased for a little short of 2 years now has disc brakes and a clean front end.
Seems like a Dahon-style front block would be a natural, but one hasn't appeared in the
teasing literature.
I've posted my front luggage carrying on my Curl several times, and I'm always told that attaching dunnage to the steering axis, like the Birdy and BikeFriday also do, ruins the handling and the rider will be lucky to keep the bike between the ditches.
If they were smart, they'd sell it for half versus a Brompton.
Wonder why nobody ever suggests the Birdy or Iruka should be half the cost of a Brompton?
I'm hoping on the D9, they use a Capreo or similar freehub...
The teased specifications list an 11-28T nine-speed cassette. For world touring, I suggest modifying with a Sturmey-Archer CS-RK3 hub:
