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What is the smallest and lightest folding cycle?
I mean proper usable ones. |
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On 9/01/2011 8:28 PM, F Murtz wrote:
What is the smallest and lightest folding cycle? I mean proper usable ones. The chances are that the smallest isn't the lightest and vice versa. Usable for what? Commuting? Carrying luggage? On/off road? With gears? |
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Patrick Keogh wrote:
On 9/01/2011 8:28 PM, F Murtz wrote: What is the smallest and lightest folding cycle? I mean proper usable ones. The chances are that the smallest isn't the lightest and vice versa. Usable for what? Commuting? Carrying luggage? On/off road? With gears? To carry on a train to cbd's and get about the city. |
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On 2011-01-10, Zebee Johnstone (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea: Ain't cheap, but high quality and very nice to ride. Most reviews note that the Brom feels like a normal bike to ride, rather than a toy. The photos of them with flat peddles remind me that anything with flat pedals feels like a toy to me. So now I'm amused by my imaginings of a brompton with egg-beaters. -- TimC Just don't create a file called -rf. :-) -- Larry Wall in |
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"F Murtz" wrote Zebee Johnstone wrote: On 9/01/2011 8:28 PM, F Murtz wrote: What is the smallest and lightest folding cycle? I mean proper usable ones. The smallest folder is definitely the Brompton. http://www.brompton.co.uk Looks like just the thing,I bought a lotto ticket this week. You asked for proper, usable, and small. $1800 ain't that bad. I paid more than that for my commuter bike in 1987. Theo |
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In aus.bicycle on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:29:40 +1100
TimC wrote: On 2011-01-10, Zebee Johnstone (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea: Ain't cheap, but high quality and very nice to ride. Most reviews note that the Brom feels like a normal bike to ride, rather than a toy. The photos of them with flat peddles remind me that anything with flat pedals feels like a toy to me. So now I'm amused by my imaginings of a brompton with egg-beaters. http://www.flickr.com/photos/51194834@N05/4732952226/ Oh come on, did you really think you were the only person who thought of that? Zebee |
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Theo Bekkers wrote:
"F wrote Zebee Johnstone wrote: On 9/01/2011 8:28 PM, F Murtz wrote: What is the smallest and lightest folding cycle? I mean proper usable ones. The smallest folder is definitely the Brompton. http://www.brompton.co.uk Looks like just the thing,I bought a lotto ticket this week. You asked for proper, usable, and small. $1800 ain't that bad. I paid more than that for my commuter bike in 1987. Theo But it would buy a lot of bus fares between central and the key in sydney (for a pensioner at $2.50 per day) |
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In aus.bicycle on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:20:31 +1100
F Murtz wrote: Theo Bekkers wrote: "F wrote Zebee Johnstone wrote: On 9/01/2011 8:28 PM, F Murtz wrote: What is the smallest and lightest folding cycle? I mean proper usable ones. The smallest folder is definitely the Brompton. http://www.brompton.co.uk Looks like just the thing,I bought a lotto ticket this week. You asked for proper, usable, and small. $1800 ain't that bad. I paid more than that for my commuter bike in 1987. Theo But it would buy a lot of bus fares between central and the key in sydney (for a pensioner at $2.50 per day) If you aren't going to ride far and you aren't in peak hour, then take a normal bike not a folder. Or a cheap folder. They don't fold small, they don't ride well, and they die relatively quickly but you can get them for $300 on ebay. If you want small and light you pay for it. So get used to buses... Zebee |
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Zebee Johnstone wrote:
In aus.bicycle on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:20:31 +1100 F wrote: Theo Bekkers wrote: "F wrote Zebee Johnstone wrote: On 9/01/2011 8:28 PM, F Murtz wrote: What is the smallest and lightest folding cycle? I mean proper usable ones. The smallest folder is definitely the Brompton. http://www.brompton.co.uk Looks like just the thing,I bought a lotto ticket this week. You asked for proper, usable, and small. $1800 ain't that bad. I paid more than that for my commuter bike in 1987. Theo But it would buy a lot of bus fares between central and the key in sydney (for a pensioner at $2.50 per day) If you aren't going to ride far and you aren't in peak hour, then take a normal bike not a folder. Or a cheap folder. They don't fold small, they don't ride well, and they die relatively quickly but you can get them for $300 on ebay. If you want small and light you pay for it. So get used to buses... Zebee I looked at a cheap one in aldi, (somewhere near $150) but the box it came in was fairly large and it almost touched the box at all sides, I tried lifting it out of the box and it seemed fairly heavy.It looked a brute to cart around folded. |
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In aus.bicycle on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:39:11 +1100
F Murtz wrote: I looked at a cheap one in aldi, (somewhere near $150) but the box it came in was fairly large and it almost touched the box at all sides, I tried lifting it out of the box and it seemed fairly heavy.It looked a brute to cart around folded. That is a problem with the cheapies. I wouldn't want to lug the Brom all that far by hand, be OK in the bag I have for it and pushing it onthe wheels ain't bad. Why carry it though? Just ride it where you are going, then lock it up and come back for it when done. Or roll it on its wheels. Hell, a 2nd hand skateboard and a couple of occy straps.... There's always the oddbikes like the Strida or Clive Sinclair's whatsit the A-bike. Lots of copies of both on ebay, but the Choice article at http://www.choice.com.au/reviews-and...ck-review.aspx says the A-bike copies are crap which doesn't surprise me. If you only want short distances it or the Strida might do the job, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVVgsQt1DK4 (Choice also have a folding bike review but members only. Your local library may have a paper copy) http://www.cellbikes.com.au/Progear-...or-city-riders reckons $350, says light but doesn't give a weight which sounds sus to me... BUt they have a storefront in Stanmore and have at least one Dahon as well. http://www.stkildacycles.com.au/comp...category_id=46 has Dahons with descriptions, couple of those look more like your thing. http://www.cyclelink.com.au/category842_1.htm has 'em cheap. Wooleys Wheels might have some to look at. Zebee |
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