Originally Posted by
Duragrouch
Ideally, you will wheel the bike over to the hook and pop a wheely, and the front wheel will be at perfect height with no lifting.
From a geometry perspective, it depends on the height of the hook versus the area on your front wheel where it hooks, and that can also depend on a variety of factors; My 20" wheel folding bike has a similar overall length as a road race bike, but a longer wheelbase due to the smaller wheels. You may not know until you try.
Thanks for that informative and helpful reply. I've found that on trains with hooks for bikes, often the folding doors surrounding the bike storage area have not been fully opened - they have two locks, one for each half. When they are fully opened, it's quite simple to "wheel the bike over to the hook and pop a wheely". When they are not, it's quite a job. I think I'm perhaps making too much of this. I'd prefer not to have a folding e-bike because no doubt they have the least power capabilities which I assume start at folding bikes, then rear hub motor bikes, then mid-drive bikes being the most powerful on hills. As I live in a fairly hilly region, I must take that into consideration before I spend my savings on this.