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Old 03-01-08 | 06:13 PM
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StuAff
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From: Portsmouth, UK

Bikes: Dahon Jetstream XP '04, a Dahon Cadenza '07

I want one Very nice. I don't know how well that suspension works, but looks like a really great bike. The main disadvantage I see with the Birdy (apart from the sky high UK price) is the 'odd' wheel size- switching to 406s sorts that (wider tyre choice, better ride & handling..). I've read about a UK-modified 20" at foldsoc.co.uk (by Steve Parry, the Brompton modification expert), and that had extensions to the front and rear dropouts in order to fit the bigger wheels- this was 1998, so the newer Birdy models might be easier- but no further changes? Birdy also did a limited run of 20" bikes themselves. My dream folder was the 2008 model Jetstream XP...this looks like my other dream folder!
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