You know it’s an American author writing when they say the main feature of a folding bike is that you can put it in the trunk of a car.
10 kg (~23 lbs) is phenomenal, and I can see a lot of use-cases for me personally. I live about 3 km to an alright transit hub, which connects to a regional bus line running both into the metro core and out to the nearest major rural town. Sadly, my city’s own bus service is abysmal, with the nearest local bus station being 2 km, and bihourly service on weekdays only…
So it would make a ton of sense to use a folding bike to the transit hub, then bring it with me, since I don’t want to park a bike there for hours, and I can use it on the other end of my journey.
That price tag though.
Yeah, Bromptons are nuts price wise. If you’re looking for a somewhat less expensive but still quality folding option, check out the Tern Vektron.
That’s still like a $3500 bike though, isn’t it?
The Vektron family of bikes do look very capable. But at those prices, I might be better off campaigning for my city to add fully-enclosed bike lockers at the transit hub, so then I can at least park my existing bike securely. $3500 can buy me a lot of bus passes, bike shares, or Lyft rides once in the metro core haha
You just gave me the idea to make an ebike fold into a dolly or small stroller like thing that still makes use of the motor to drag it around. Bonus points if it has a basket to carry your junk that gets incorporated into the unfolded bike. I’m not going to design it but if anyone else does I’ll buy it.
- Like this but subway-able
