Our Friday's don't fold as quickly or as neatly as our Dahons did, but..........they actually transport as well or better in our applications.

Pic #1 below is shows us taking them around to local bike trails in our little, Toyota Yaris Liftback. They are slower to fold and unfold, but transport the same in the car, and fit us better and ride better.

Pic #2 shows them on the mounting board I made for our 4Runner SUV. We tow a 2,100 lb folding aframe trailer, and found mounting our full-sizes Schwinns on the rear bumper adversely skewed the trailer's weight distribution and also introduced security and deterioration issues. In 2005 we went to Boardwalk D7s - our first folders. They didn't travel as well as the Fridays because it was hard to tie them down, especially in a space efficient way. (The front wheels do have to come off, and are put in two canvas bags I fabricated(not shown).

The other issues, besides fit, were the "proprietary parts" that predominate on the Dahons, the D7s limited gearing and the support of American made products.

I am 6'3" (with a 6'6" arm span) and my wife is 5'8", and we both have significant inseam measurements. My wife also found the D7s to have too limited gearing for getting up onto the tallest of Portland's bridges during the Providence Bridge Pedal. With the Dual Drive rear hub on our Fridays, the 8-bridge, 25 mile ride was a breeze this last August. Yes, there are similar Dahons (24 speeds), but we chose the custom, American alternative.

ADD: We may soon be purchasing two more Fridays since we are going to be spending time between two residences 1,000 miles apart (tax reasons). The 2nd set will be a set of stock BFs (likely the new Pocket Companion). I know that if /when we go back to a single residence, we can easily sell the extra set of bikes for a decent price.