In Malaysia and Quickly Need to Decide on Dahon. Help!
01-19-17 | 05:10 PM
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Bikes: In service - FSIR Spin 3.0, Bannard Sunny minivelo, Dahon Dash Altena folder. Several others in construction or temporarily decommissioned.
...or, if you can find the parts, you could look for a Kickflix caddy to mount on the seatpost...
...then mount a Tern Kanga Rack on the caddy...
...and then a drybag of your volume choice on the rack, looking something like this...
20L bag pictured here
In the front, mounted on the handlebars, I'd recommend an Ortlieb Ultimate bag, again mounted on a Kickflix caddy (provided with the bag). The Ortlieb Ultimate bag is not cheap, but they are well made & waterproof, and it turns into a neat shoulder bag for when you are walking around town and need to carry some bits. Particularly good as a walk-around bag with a small camera inside.
The Klickfix caddy and bag/rack mounts are solid, withstanding the roughest of shakes and shudders, yet easy to mount and dismount. Recommended.
...then mount a Tern Kanga Rack on the caddy...
...and then a drybag of your volume choice on the rack, looking something like this...
20L bag pictured here
In the front, mounted on the handlebars, I'd recommend an Ortlieb Ultimate bag, again mounted on a Kickflix caddy (provided with the bag). The Ortlieb Ultimate bag is not cheap, but they are well made & waterproof, and it turns into a neat shoulder bag for when you are walking around town and need to carry some bits. Particularly good as a walk-around bag with a small camera inside.
The Klickfix caddy and bag/rack mounts are solid, withstanding the roughest of shakes and shudders, yet easy to mount and dismount. Recommended.
Last edited by Abu Mahendra; 01-19-17 at 05:18 PM.
01-19-17 | 07:05 PM
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My advice would be to buy the Speed D8, with fenders, lights and a rear rack to carry two Ortlieb front pannier bags, these are the ones that would allow you to pedal (Ortlieb rear pannier bags are too big for such a bike). I believe this would give you 2 x 25 litres capacity.
Carrying Luggage on a Folding Bike (Brompton, Tern, Dahon) - CyclingAbout
https://www.google.no/search?q=pictu...EEEcx6TstqiRAf
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01-19-17 | 07:42 PM
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wont it rotate under load? (The seatpost mount looks good.)
01-19-17 | 08:27 PM
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Yup this is genius. It seems we think almost alike. I'll go for shoes myself and have you tried UNIQLO underwear? Yeah, it's a weird topic to discuss but they have this Air series that's cheap and wicks away the moisture. Rolls up to nothing.
Also agree about the rain. If it rains, I get wet or I stop. This trip is about slowing down, not looking at my watch. And it's not rainy season.
Also agree about the rain. If it rains, I get wet or I stop. This trip is about slowing down, not looking at my watch. And it's not rainy season.
Rain is 'for sure'.
In the tropics, the good is that even if you get wet, you don't really get very cold and often the exercise from the cycling will be good enough to keep you warm.
Having a pair of sandals (or just using them all the way) is good since the shoe can get wet.
W/o the need to camp (no such thing as camp grounds in M'sia), I carry my stuff about the same way as Abu_M.
01-19-17 | 08:41 PM
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Bikes: In service - FSIR Spin 3.0, Bannard Sunny minivelo, Dahon Dash Altena folder. Several others in construction or temporarily decommissioned.
No, it is not secured by zip ties, but rather by a lined steel cable that wraps around the stem and steerer and is clamped in two places inside the caddy. It is secure and does not rotate under the rated load of 3kg.
01-19-17 | 09:31 PM
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01-19-17 | 10:05 PM
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...or, if you can find the parts, you could look for a Kickflix caddy to mount on the seatpost...
...then mount a Tern Kanga Rack on the caddy...
...and then a drybag of your volume choice on the rack
In the front, mounted on the handlebars, I'd recommend an Ortlieb Ultimate bag... and it turns into a neat shoulder bag for when you are walking around town and need to carry some bits. Particularly good as a walk-around bag with a small camera inside.
...then mount a Tern Kanga Rack on the caddy...
...and then a drybag of your volume choice on the rack
In the front, mounted on the handlebars, I'd recommend an Ortlieb Ultimate bag... and it turns into a neat shoulder bag for when you are walking around town and need to carry some bits. Particularly good as a walk-around bag with a small camera inside.
01-19-17 | 10:41 PM
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Bikes: In service - FSIR Spin 3.0, Bannard Sunny minivelo, Dahon Dash Altena folder. Several others in construction or temporarily decommissioned.
Have you visited/talked to Van's Urban Bicycle in Petaling Jaya? They might have these bits.
Last edited by Abu Mahendra; 01-20-17 at 07:54 AM.
01-20-17 | 03:28 PM
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Hi all,
I'm starting a several month-long bike tour around Malaysia and Indonesia in about a week. I don't have a bike.
It's a long story but the bottom line is I'd like to quickly buy a Dahon and outfit it with panniers. I won't be camping or cooking along the way so the weight will be minimal. I think rear panniers should do it. My rides will be more or less on good roads with some inclines but nothing crazy.
My problem is that I am overwhelmed with the choices here in Kuala Lumpur. There aren't the same Dahons as there would be in a western country but there are still many Dahons with many products numbers. I was hoping that someone might tell me which of the following would be ideal for touring around. All have 20 inch wheels. All bikes are between 450 USD and 550 USD I've narrowed it down to these:
Vitesse D8
Curve D7 Akibo
Boardwalk D7
Brizda D8
Speed D8 (I think my favorite)
MU D8
SUV D6
When I do Western review site searches I sometimes see these referred to as P8 and not D8 but that's not what they say around here.
Any help would be great!
-Dave
I'm starting a several month-long bike tour around Malaysia and Indonesia in about a week. I don't have a bike.
It's a long story but the bottom line is I'd like to quickly buy a Dahon and outfit it with panniers. I won't be camping or cooking along the way so the weight will be minimal. I think rear panniers should do it. My rides will be more or less on good roads with some inclines but nothing crazy.
My problem is that I am overwhelmed with the choices here in Kuala Lumpur. There aren't the same Dahons as there would be in a western country but there are still many Dahons with many products numbers. I was hoping that someone might tell me which of the following would be ideal for touring around. All have 20 inch wheels. All bikes are between 450 USD and 550 USD I've narrowed it down to these:
Vitesse D8
Curve D7 Akibo
Boardwalk D7
Brizda D8
Speed D8 (I think my favorite)
MU D8
SUV D6
When I do Western review site searches I sometimes see these referred to as P8 and not D8 but that's not what they say around here.
Any help would be great!
-Dave
01-20-17 | 08:57 PM
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01-20-17 | 09:30 PM
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Designer of Downtube Folding Bike
Ph.D. Temple University ( Math )
Biked across the USA twice
Semi-active chess player ( two time Bahamas National Champion )
Sivananda ( Bahamas ) Trained Yoga instructor ( 2013 ) and ThetaHealer since 2013
Bicycle delivery worker for Jimmy John's. Delivering is the best workout I have ever had.
01-21-17 | 01:01 AM
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01-21-17 | 06:35 AM
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01-22-17 | 09:29 PM
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Ha! There is but I think what Yan is saying is that I need to think for myself because there will always be someone saying the opposite of what someone else said. However, if 99% of posters say "wear bike shorts" I will seriously think that over and probably agree. As far as the final product I'll set it up and post a pic soon. It's just a mishmash of advice, logic, and my own style. As I think any project should be.
