Small wheels vs large wheels - steering responsiveness?

[uforgot]

Bikes at Vienna (in Vienna, Virginia) sells all sorts of folding bikes, but mostly Bike Fridays. They have used ones and may even have rentals. Nice shop, if you can find it (entrance in a sort of alley, hard to find but keep looking!)

That's it! I couldn't think of the name. I think I even saw that they rent Bike Friday tandems.

[emily_in_nc]

I'd like to know how riding a Bike Friday compares with riding a Dahon. Everyone who rides a Bike Friday loves them, and they always say they ride like a road bike. I could certainly tell I was on a small bike with the Dahon Boardwalk, their lower end.

I suspect it's about much more than just wheel size. My BF Pocket Crusoe is a "petite" model (for riders < 125 lbs) so is one of the lightest ones they make (smaller diameter tubing), and I have drop bars so don't ride as upright as I would on a flat-bar folder. Ultegra in front, XT in the back for loaded touring. The fact that the componentry is better and it is much lighter weight than a Dahon would probably make it ride much better. I've never ridden any other folder besides my Friday, though.