Originally Posted by shot
I think it's interesting that both of the dudes above that own and expressed enjoyment from using folderbikes are from the UK. A proper rail system and ownership of a folding bike could be very useful to lots of fat Americans. However, we keep building roads. And eating.
I ride a bike exactly because I got so fed up with the worse-than-useless public transport system in London. I ride a folder just because it can just make life real easy sometimes and because I wanted the smaller wheels. I fold it up to put in the back of cars as much as I fold it to go on trains. I would be interested to know how many people have folding bikes to put them on trains and how many just like the fold-a-bility.
IMO people that normally ride folders are maybe not as hard core as the people that normaly inhabit this SS/fixed forum (peopel that ride fixed folders are completly different though). Maybe they don't ride in America cause they are more affraid of being run over by the excessive number of cars on the roads there. Perhaps there would be more folders and bikes in general if there were less cars (no s*** huh?).