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Folding Bicycle
Anyone know whats a good folding bicycle? Any brand/make/model recommendations? I'm hoping to use it to bike to various bus stops and/or light rail stations. I imagine that I'll be only biking at most 5 miles in between stations, and there are some hills in between, but nothing terribly steep.
So basically I'm looking for a foldable bike thats easy to carry around and is capable of handling the mean streets of Los Angeles. If anyone has had experience with these, I'd sure love to hear from you peoples. (yes, gas prices are killing. but unlike most people, at least I'm attempting to do something about it, rather than just  )
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04-25-2008, 06:31 AM
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dahon makes good stuff. http://www.dahon.com/ i've seen their stuff on ebay for decent prices.
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04-25-2008, 09:47 AM
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yup, through Google, it seems that the most popular brands of folding bikes are Dahon and Brompton
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04-27-2008, 05:44 PM
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Don't have any experience with folding bikes but bikeforums.net has a thread dedicated to them. I'm sure they could point you in the right direction.
http://www.bikeforums.net/forumdisplay.php?f=221
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04-28-2008, 07:42 AM
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04-28-2008, 07:21 PM
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if i was white, I would be driving a Prius with an Apple AND a Democratic candidate sticker to the Sushi joint that just opened in the recently gentrified part of town.  (yes thats a great blog btw. sent it to all my white friends...) back on topic, I'm currently eyeing the Dahon Speed D7, as its not too terribly expensive, compared to the other models. But I need to go to the local store and give it a test drive. Last edited by DaFunkyUnit : 04-28-2008 at 07:23 PM. |
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05-02-2008, 02:06 PM
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I am not white, but I do own a folding bike. I have the Giant Halfway:
http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-US/...le/2197/31893/ I used to use it a lot more but now it just sits in my storage unit. Want to buy mine? 
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I'll have to give it a test ride first... wanna cruise over to Balboa Park? |
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