OK...my fAke-bike just arrived today and the fit and finish are excellent. The apparent quality is higher than I expected and I cannot imagine the actual A-bike looks noticeably different.

Out of the box...

• the bicycle appears to be properly adjusted and well-lubricated.
• the folding action is flawless
• tires were slightly underinflated creating a great deal of rolling resistance. Although the pressure rating is 90 PSI, I went to 100 PSI and found the bike to ride nimbly and smoothly
• after comparing photos of the real A-bike and this knock-off, the only discernable difference is the lack of the proper A-bike/Sinclair markings.

To play devil's advocate, both the fakes and the real A-bike are made in China. Who's to say that the factory wouldn't allow an extra run on the assembly line to produce bikes that can be sold outside of the contract with Sinclair? Even for such a simple piece of machinery it would cost a great deal to create the tooling to produce these bikes. It's not totally unreasonable to think maybe some of these actually come off of the same assembly line...

...of course, I am just making a wild assumption.