I am so impressed with the quality of responses on this forum. It seems the Birdy actually has more people saying it is a great all rounder with the Brompton having its own charm.

The Birdy City looks like a great bike but may be more than I am willing to spend ($2,000 was guessed at) and doesn’t look like it’s available in the US. Does anyone know of a US dealer that would carry this?

Also I can find references for the fold down size of the first generation Birdy but not the second (the City seems to be that second generation). I tried to measure my trunk space (harder than it sounds as there is a normal trunk and a reduced trunk with the car is set up for having the top down (new BMW 3 series convertible/hardtop). It looks like the Birdy would just barely fit in the reduced trunk except for the height. It seems to have only about 12inches when set up this way. There is plenty of height is I forgo having the option of putting the top down. Will a Birdy fit in a 12’ height?

Thanks for all the help. It’s really difficult trying to do this without any local dealers for either choice. I will take the suggestion to go to the local Dahon dealer and try a folder but I suspect it won’t tell me much about these bikes.

-Jim