Originally Posted by rbrian

Then I rode it around the shop - perhaps it was poorly adjusted, maybe it was because the tyres were flat, but it felt horrible - twitchy and cramped and flexy, like trying to ride an exercise bike. It put me right off folding bikes, and I bought a hybrid. A couple of months later, I test rode a Brompton, and bought it there and then, for twice the price of the Ridgeback.