Biciclista
06-01-2010, 09:51 AM
http://static.dahon.com//sites/default/files/imagecache/bike_preview/images/bikes/unfold/0/2008/2008__unfold_muxlsport1.jpg
my DH got a wild hair up his.. well... He has a bike friday which never fit him right and is a bear to pack and unpack. It put me off folding bikes... Then our buddy here on TE NbyNW showed up to a te bike ride on a Dahon, and hey, that looks like something I could do!!
He decided we needed folding bikes, so now we own two. We bought matching Dahon Sports (they're forest green, unlike this photo)
last week.
Except for saddle issues, This bike is nice. It doesn't have the chain rings, they are hidden in the rear hub; but it still has 18 (21?) gears.
Folds easy enough, is close to the same weight as my regular bike, shifts nice, handles gravel really well, I'm liking it!!
It's supposed to fit into a samsonite bag, but not the one we have. The reason for these bikes is for travel and ease in combining bike/car trips. A regular bike box is very expensive to ship any more. theoretically, these will solve that problem. I"m not sure yet, we're not done investigating the best carry case for them.
my DH got a wild hair up his.. well... He has a bike friday which never fit him right and is a bear to pack and unpack. It put me off folding bikes... Then our buddy here on TE NbyNW showed up to a te bike ride on a Dahon, and hey, that looks like something I could do!!
He decided we needed folding bikes, so now we own two. We bought matching Dahon Sports (they're forest green, unlike this photo)
last week.
Except for saddle issues, This bike is nice. It doesn't have the chain rings, they are hidden in the rear hub; but it still has 18 (21?) gears.
Folds easy enough, is close to the same weight as my regular bike, shifts nice, handles gravel really well, I'm liking it!!
It's supposed to fit into a samsonite bag, but not the one we have. The reason for these bikes is for travel and ease in combining bike/car trips. A regular bike box is very expensive to ship any more. theoretically, these will solve that problem. I"m not sure yet, we're not done investigating the best carry case for them.