Well,
after reading the folding bike forum for a while and having a passion for a bike I can put in a suitcase once a year for a trip to L.A., I decided on a Swift folder for my purchase. The bike arrived super quick (2 days) but with some dings to the paint. I contacted Swift and ended up getting some touchup paint and a pair of fenders to compensate for the defects to the paint job.

The bike has been great, nimble and quick except for a jarring ride with no suspension on bumps. As I am an oldster, this is a challenge that I'm slowly getting used to. I still need to decide between the nimbleness vs. comfort compromise/solution. Maybe adding a front suspension might be the way to go.

I admit I bought this bike because it is easily hot-rodded. My knees didn't enjoy the pedal setup so I added a pair of Kneesavers http://www.kneesaver.net/ which solved that issue. The gearing is not useful for me climbing moderate hills so I scored a 47 tooth chainring on e-bay which has been an amazing help. Now I can really zip & zoom (I clocked 23 mph today while zooming).

The paint job is terrible (the paint scrapes off almost by itself, the fold is super fast, the fold is large (wouldn't fit in a bike nashbar bike bag), but easily fits 3 times a week in my Honda Fit. Now I hope to fit it into a Samsonite Flite suitcase.

This bike isn't only fun to ride (it goes fast!) but is much, much, faster (and more exciting) than my 26" mountain bike.

my 2 cents ,

Hokey