Red Rock & Shootingstar,

Yes, I do have a Bike Friday, it's a New World Tourist. The Brompton offers portability and ease of transport on bus or train. One may not go as long a distance on a Brompton as they would on a Bike Friday, but it's excellent for commuting (so I've read). However, I've also read other Brompton owners' blogs giving reports of their lengthy tours on the bike, so I suppose it's up to the individual owners.

Regarding the handlebars, I'll take photos of the fold and post them so you can see that in one stage the bike can be used as a cart in the grocery store, for example, and then I'll show how the handlebars clip compactly in place providing a tight fold.