After reading the initial review, I was very impressed. Then I realized that you have to take the front wheel off to get a decent fold. That seems kind of silly to me. Also, I don't want to diss anyone, but shopping for Birdys, I had one dealer tell me that Rad-Innovations is extremely flakey and they were no longer carrying the bike. I experienced this firsthand when I emailed to ask a question and they didn't get back to me.