Originally Posted by
DaFriMon
I do recommend Bike Fridays in general. One thing to be aware of, though, in looking through all their "standard" configurations, is the components that they use. If you look at the lower priced ones, there are often a lot of things you might want to upgrade. For example, they have a
It's too bad that very few companies offer a basic frameset. Surely BF no longer does this out of experience with many people buying a frameset and setting it up poorly. So the result is that you may be buying components you don't want at first..
I bought a Swift frameset a bit back but haven't built it up. It's not as easily a compact fit [into a suitcase] without removing stuff (crank/derailleur/or it's back triangle) though. I get get my BF Pocket Tourist into a F'lite 31 case very quick (<5 mins) without endangering any fasteners.