Hi Bhkyte,

Thanks for your interest. It has been quite an experience dealing with this bike. As I stated in an earlier post, I have been very displeased with the performance of the I-4 internal geared hub. The hub is just too noisy when pedaling in fourth gear. Not only is it noisy, but, at 72 inches it seems to offer more resistance on the pedals than it should. It may be fine for the city, where ambient noise from traffic,etc. is so high that the hub noise is drowned out. In the country, however, where I live in the Berkshire hills of Massachusetts, the whirring noise of the hub just ruins the esthetic pleasure of a quiet bicycle ride.

Now on to my options. When told by Bfold, the shop where I bought the Mezzo, and from you, that the dual drive interferes with the fold, the idea of converting to dual drive was squashed.

I was still intrigued by the concept of dual drive so when I learned that I could buy new '08 a Dahon Mu P24 for pretty much what it would cost me to convert the Mezzo I bought the Dahon. With a gear inch range of 21 to 114 inches, the Mu P24 has been a pleasure to ride, and I might add, very quiet on country roads. So now my "stable" has increased to two folders, a campy equipped road bike, and an '80's touring bike. continued in part two