Consumer Reports rates Folders
I just got the August issue of Consumer Reports in the mail today. They rated 5 models of folding bikes: Brompton C-type, Bike Friday Pocket Tourist, Dahon Speed D7, Trek F400 and Giant Halfway. The Dahon was rated a Best Buy and was tied for second place with the Bike Friday while the Brompton was just slightly ahead in first place. It is always dicey trying to give a numerical score to anything (especially a bike) but the good thing is that the article provides some excellent publicity to folding bikes and will introduce them to a lot of savvy consumers, who have never seen or heard of them before.