Folding Bike Recommendations

**Dallas** · 25 March 2014, 15:27

Hello,

I have this as my all year commuter:

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/hoptown-5...d_8166534.html

Your wheel size is the same: its a Jnr BMX size and a b@gger to get hold of in haste. Anything non-brompton expect a delay on component replacement unless you can find a really good local dahone supplier.

3 years in I am on the 3rd back wheel, 2nd chain set, about 5th brakepad replacment, 2nd set of tires with goo in but only about 3 punctures.

Love the bike though its great fun, folding = under my desk.

Foe that price I'd go brompton; easier when things go wrong.

**OwlHoot** · 25 March 2014, 16:06

What model of folding bike would, say, a rich banker or MF ride if the chauffeur had the day off and/or they were over the drink drive limit?

**gricerboy** · 25 March 2014, 16:10

I have one of these

which unfolds to this

**Ticktock** · 25 March 2014, 16:11

Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

What model of folding bike would, say, a rich banker or MF ride if the chauffeur had the day off and/or they were over the drink drive limit?

A heavily reinforced one?

**OwlHoot** · 25 March 2014, 16:18

Originally posted by Ticktock View Post

A heavily reinforced one?

That would suit me too, not that I'm built like Fatty Arbuckle but I don't fancy some cheap lightweight thing that needs parts replacing every few miles! (More on account of the hassle than the expense, and the inconvenience of the thing actually breaking down while in use)

**Dallas** · 25 March 2014, 16:20

Landrover had one for sale for £150 last summer - so wish I had snapped that up.

**TheCyclingProgrammer** · 25 March 2014, 16:36

I have one of these and am very happy with it:
Link D8 | Tern Folding Bike and Folding Bicycle Accessories | Singapore

The above bike cost me £375 from Evans. New models are about £400. Folds in about 15 seconds and does the job for commuting. Its pretty agile and while it won't hold its speed on a flat, I've got it up to 32mph downhill before now.

If you want a folding bike with the most compact fold, then you're looking at a Brompton but it will cost you twice as much.

**northernladuk** · 25 March 2014, 16:54

This is a proper contractors folding bike. Paid for by the company so double bonus

IF Mode Folding Bike – at last a really cool folding bicycle, at a price… | The Red Ferret Journal

**Dallas** · 25 March 2014, 17:05

Originally posted by TheCyclingProgrammer View Post

I have one of these and am very happy with it:
Link D8 | Tern Folding Bike and Folding Bicycle Accessories | Singapore

The above bike cost me £375 from Evans. New models are about £400. Folds in about 15 seconds and does the job for commuting. Its pretty agile and while it won't hold its speed on a flat, I've got it up to 32mph downhill before now.

If you want a folding bike with the most compact fold, then you're looking at a Brompton but it will cost you twice as much.

A tern won at the last folding bike race at the London Crit: had carbon wheels though but beat all the pimped up bromptons. And the prize was .... a Tern folding bike...

Folding Bike Recommendations