Your dream folder, if you don't already have it?
What's the ultimate folding bike for you?
I love my R20-thing but it's taking a while to get it roadworthy... and yesterday I bought a full-size mountain/commuter hybrid as a beater. I am in love with the big fat tires and 21 speeds. I think my dream bike right now is one of the 26" Dahons, probably the Matrix, or maybe one of the Montagues. |
My dream folder exists and is in my custody, if only it wouldn't drop it's chain so often :)
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Dahon Helios XX Special Edition :D
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Originally Posted by mulleady
(Post 7311201)
Dahon Helios XX Special Edition :D
Where do you think you're going to find one of those? Hmmmmm? |
My dream folder...
My dream folder is 22 lbs or less with all accessories included (rack, fenders, pedals, etc) My dream folder can support my weight easily (230 lbs) My dream folder has gears for hills and cruise well in flats My dream folder fits in an airline legal case for traveling My dream folder can handle rides of up to 15 miles easily My dream folder has an internally geared hub for ease of maintenance My dream folder has brakes that stop on a dime My dream folder folds up small enough to take on the train at rush hour My dream folder folds up in less than 15 seconds My dream folder can handle potholes and rough roads well My dream folder costs $600 I think my dream folder exists today except for the $600 price tag. LOL --sam |
My dream folder is the Xootr Centaur:
T P.S. The "nightmare" model would dispense with shifter and brake cables and use BlueTooth®. |
The dream might be coming true - I just found on german e-bay and hit buy on one of these :
The Dahon smooth hound 2008 :) http://www.dahon.jp/products/paq/smo.../image/p01.jpg http://blog-imgs-21.fc2.com/e/n/j/en...080806TV-1.jpg ( sub link here - to a game show puzzle 'build the bike' : http://enjoytheride.blog17.fc2.com/b...te-200808.html ) |
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Originally Posted by LittlePixel
(Post 7310979)
My dream folder exists and is in my custody, if only it wouldn't drop it's chain so often :)
If you want a super small SS/FG folder then allow me to note that the nice straight chainline of the Carryme isn't even interrupted by a chainstay. It's almost as if everything is built around the drivetrain, with the way the seamless frame basically just clamps on top of the rear wheel and chain wheel and then the seatpost and handlebar post hinge off of the frame giving a very satisfying feeling indeed. It took me a while to get over my small wheel inferiority complex, but now that I've had time to psychologically adjust I think it's my dream folder. I suppose it would be nice to get one made out of titanium, but that might make my head melt off like when they looked into the arc of the covenant in Indiana Jones. There are some things that man is just not meant to taste and I think a stiff, durable, efficient, good fitting, 10 pound, ultrasmall folding folder is one of them. http://www.pacific-cycles.com/UserFi...SC_0114-Tr.jpg (note all hinges and folding mechanisms are as far from the drivetrain as possible just as god intended) |
Originally Posted by SesameCrunch
(Post 7311308)
You're dreaming! Only 300 of those made in the whole universe.
Where do you think you're going to find one of those? Hmmmmm? Go to bed Sesame and get some beauty sleep. You need it lol! :roflmao2: |
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A Sears Tote Cycle and a Coumbia Commuter II.
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Okay, for something I could actually hope to afford someday, the Matrix would be my first choice, and second place is either the Jack (more heavy-duty for rough roads) or the Espresso (21 speeds and an upright riding position).
For something completely frivolous and impossible, I'd want a Victorian safety bike so that I could ride around wearing a cycling costume with bloomers and generally looking like one of those atrocious women who wants to vote and be independent and all that rubbish. :) http://www.photowings.org/pages/index.php?pgA89 |
Originally Posted by timo888
(Post 7311750)
My dream folder is the Xootr Centaur:[LIST][*]cerebral 7000 series aluminum top tube/head tube/upper half of seat tube[*]beastly cromoly rear triangle [seat stays, chain stays, bottom half of seat tube, and bb shell]...
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Originally Posted by noteon
(Post 7312694)
OK, weird, I'm hearing theremin music...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=15960831 |
As per Makeinu, we are fans of the Carry Me micro bike. Very easy to travel with. Just back from Lake Maninjau Sumatra... pootling along.
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...Foldies/CM.jpg |
Originally Posted by OldiesONfoldies
(Post 7314191)
As per Makeinu, we are fans of the Carry Me micro bike. Very easy to travel with. Just back from Lake Maninjau Sumatra... pootling along.
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...Foldies/CM.jpg :D :love: |
Originally Posted by LittlePixel
(Post 7310979)
My dream folder exists and is in my custody, if only it wouldn't drop it's chain so often :)
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Originally Posted by timo888
P.S. The "nightmare" model would dispense with shifter and brake cables and use BlueTooth®.
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Originally Posted by LittlePixel
(Post 7314665)
This is something I'd 'be all over' if it came to market. Nasty cables spoiling the look of things! ;)
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My dream folder: Bike Friday Superlight.
This has a Bike Friday expected catalog date of 2010 (!?). I saw one of the Bike Friday promo videos of Rob English riding this spindly-skeletal looking 20" wheeled bike and I was in love! The bike was almost all seatpost! But even more than that, it was a 2010 (movie reference :)) image of what a minimalist bike would become. Also, in the eye of this beholder, it is a work of art. Simple, beautiful. Oh, I don't know if it folds :lol: |
dude - where?! I want the Hammerhead 8.0 but will "settle" for this!!
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Originally Posted by noteon
(Post 7314815)
I hope the Centaur's easier to ride no-hands than the Swift, or I'm going to wipe out, trying to steer it with my Treo.
Regards T |
Originally Posted by timo888
(Post 7315707)
The early prototypes are experiencing a high degree of "noise" whenever the male cyclist passes by anyone with moderate or greater sex-appeal...or even happens to recall such incidents.
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Originally Posted by noteon
(Post 7315955)
So it's constant, then.
These guys think that was funny, but beg to differ... |
mroli:
Me? I don't know if the like below will work. I also have a picture from a bike show somewhere. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAjswy_xlN8 After looking at the video again, the bike fits in a suitcase. Folding <=> breakdown :) |
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