Currently I own a Specilized Road bike that eats up the mileage. It is super light and super fast.

Anyway, I want a folding bike to commute to work. I have an 18 mile each way drive which is about 40 miles round trip. So speed is an important issue. I have heard some 8 gear folders will only do about 15 miles an hour if you pedal like crazy.

Also, I need it to be Reliable. Since this bike could get some serious mileage i would like it to be able to put up with some seroius mileages as stated my comute could be 200 miles a week.

The folding part is when the weather gets bad an somebody might give me a ride in a car. I might have my wife pick me up at the trail on different areas. AS of now I have a Bike Rack on 1 car and do not wish to buy another one if i can use a folding bike for the same thing as my regular bike.

So all in all here is the deal of importance. The bike has to be fast, less than 600.00 and and fold into my car.

If it is light all the better but as of now I would like to be able to use this as a back up bike for my regular road bike.

Thanks an any other input on different types of bikes that might help me out would be great.

Thanks

Jay