Was surfing the web and came across this frame maker who appears to have a titanium brompton clone for wholesale purchase. I guess this could be the final nail in the coffin of the dream of Len Rubin's ultimate folding bike.

https://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...838.0.0.fcDq2L

Len is writing computer code and being a Dad in PDX... the one I see is dropping the suspension amd not using oversize stiffer tubing,

so rider is probably going to have to be light and small..

true. I always wished he might go into production though.

I checked it out and it looks very interesting ,however If you want to sell something why don't you just list the price,why do I have go through the trouble of giveing you my email,and more info just to have you give to me?
The bike looks good but I would expect it to be much lower than a Brompton priced one,but I will keep an eye on it to see what how it turns out.Also, a better style of photographing the machine rather then just taking a few snapshots in bike store would help alot.

He could have gone to a Chinese Company, but didnt bother.. Or Couldn't get a line of credit big enough..

their lower cost company, making cargo trailers ever go anywhere?





....

dropping the chain too
handlebar looks like it folds in between the two wheels,
but you have wonder about folding bikes that don't show what the fold looks like

I didn't get what you said until I took a close look at picture #6!

oh man that's horrible soooo everytime you fold it you have to pick up the chain? and if it is already this sloppy I'm beginning to wonder how big does it look when fully folded? it probably is a clunky mess because i noticed even the handle bar slides up and down so it might not clip on nicely to the fork, not that there is a clip to begin with.

I would pass on this bike.
No suspension and a 2 piece steerer seem worse than a regular Brompton.

Two piece steerer means more fitting options (but does also have negatives).

I was disappointed to see no rear suspension.