Originally Posted by SesameCrunch
I'm also curious about your decision (I'm not questioning it, just trying to understand your rationale). The Thudbuster and seatpost adds a 45% premium to the original price of the Curve, and makes the Curve $200 more than the Mini, which has a suspension.
What is it about the Curve that makes you willing to pay such a premium over the Mini?
Thanks,
One of the things was handlebar height adjustability. Another was dealing with essentially a start up business versus an established one. I also got turned off on Downtube by the constant drilling in to people about how they should disassemble their bike (if they can) and lube it up immediately (in the Downtube threads). However, there were never any instructions (or photos) on how to do so. Taking the bike to a local bike shop for quality control would probably exceed my original budget.
I could buy the Downtube Mini and adjustable height stem for around $481 shipped and possibly do the mechanical stuff myself with instructions.
Or I could buy the Dahon Curve D3 for $399 shipped plus the Telescoping Seat Post for $30.50 shipped and get a shim for my suspension seat post. This would probably be for a total of about $450 or so.
It is a tough call.