Well, the folding bike would be my bread and butter in a lot of ways. I'd be on a farm in the middle of nowhere away from buslines and trains and I'd ride the bike to bus/train, stash it, unpack it and ride off to see some of my dear belgian friends.

I guess I always imagine bikes to withstand a little more abuse than they do... mostly because in all my years of crashing and such I've never broken a bike. The hard shells seem very expensive... and while I can afford a bike, another couple hundred for the hardshell could be too much. Maybe for this summer I go with a cheapy folder and a good case and then sell the folder in favor of a better one further down the line.