Bike Friday

[blackrat]

Absolutely. People who don't need a folder should think real hard before they buy one. My original reason to have a folder was "truck bike", Montague was o.k. for this, but I switched to Bike Friday because I was cycling farther and sought performance, which it delivered in spades, but the fold lacks.
When I was re-entering the military, I decided I wanted a bike I could take anywhere and fly with, without the 20 minute fold time, Brompton.
FWIW I very rarely folded the Bike Friday, it acted like a mini velo fitting into a little less overall space, which was adequate at the time.

I suspect it is more a case of; "wouldn't it be nice" rather than; "I really need this" for the pocket rocket, as cute as it looks.
I real enjoy riding my Scott carbon and I realise now that the inconvenience of packing it away in a bike box and rolling that around between airport/train station/bus depot to hotel to start a ride for the sometimes-maybe air flight is a small price.
Military where? South Korea?

 

[Drago]

It looks racy, but there are even racer folders out there with disc brakes, 9, 10 or 11 speed, 2mpiede deanks, all the trimmings, some for a lot less, some for a lot less and a lifetime frame warranty.

 

[brommieinkorea]

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I suspect it is more a case of; "wouldn't it be nice" rather than; "I really need this" for the pocket rocket, as cute as it looks.
I real enjoy riding my Scott carbon and I realise now that the inconvenience of packing it away in a bike box and rolling that around between airport/train station/bus depot to hotel to start a ride for the sometimes-maybe air flight is a small price.
Military where? South Korea?

I'm a yank. But I did get stationed in Korea, and it's one of the earlier places that I used the Brompton. I enjoyed Korea immensely.
Funny thing, buying a folder to save on airline fees doesn't really work. Only a couple will go into a small enough box, and they ain't cheap, so the fees aren't so bad when you consider some folding bike prices..