Originally Posted by hulagun
OTOH, if like me you want to ride a really handsome bike designed by a rather brilliant American frame engineer, that you can customize to your specifications, and have wiser cyclists look at you in respect (or puzzlement) when they encounter you on your fine machine... you may have to wait (and wrench) on a Swift.
Being a middle-aged white male cyclist, I get enough respect or puzzlement from others while riding my Indy Fab titanium Crown Jewel. Up here in the Seattle area, I rarely see anyone on a folder.
On this forum and others, I have heard people speak highly of both Swift and Dahons. Perhaps for my use, the Dahon is a better 'out of the box' solution, although so many people think that the Swift rides better. And that means a lot to me.