Dahon Folding Bicycles

[omgitsroy326]

dahon carries more full sized bike if you look at their site FYI

[darelldd]

Originally Posted by 9G-man

The ride on that thing would be terrible. First imperfection in the road, and you're down or aching.

The ride is what it is. People around here use rollerblades. The ride on this couldn't be worse or more dangerous that those, I'd imagine. This actually has brakes and pneumatic tires.

Originally Posted by McDonald

And I'm sorry but regular sized bikes are really not that inconvenient, and I more often than not have myself a good chuckle at people on folding mini-wheel bikes pedaling their little legs off to the tune of jerky steering and getting from A to B at 1 mph. Full size folding bikes, that's another story. If you're doing 600 or 700 CC wheels, that'll be fine.

I agree for the most part. For a while there, I REALLY wanted a nice folding bike to take with me more easily. After several false starts, I finally realized that you get SO much more for your money in a "regular" bike. And surprise! You take off both wheels, and it is amazing how small the bike suddenly becomes. Folding up a bike is a PITA no matter how you cut it. I have a stable of regular bikes here, and just don't sweat the folding any longer.

Originally Posted by omgitsroy326

i'm aware of how much REAL bikes can cost, but to take a bike to travel 3 miles... i wouldn't spend 2k ... just my 2c...

OK... here's the real kicker. There are THOUSANDS of people (hundreds of them right here on PC) who buy a Pruis for their three mile commute. If you think $2k for a short commute is bad, try buying a car for it! For the record, my commute is 23 miles each way, so I'm going to assume that my $3,000 road bike is acceptable for that distance? I know many people who spend $25,000, $25,000, even $50,000 on a vehicle to go shorter distances that that! And they still have to pay for gas. And probably a gym membership. Suckers.

Do YOU have a 3-mile commute? How do you transport yourself?