Folding Bycycles

Cspirit said:
If you are thinking of spending that much money, you could consider an Airnimal. Amongst the cycling fraternity, these are generally regarded are being the best folding bikes available. Not cheap though. See: http://www.airnimal.eu/
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Thanks for presenting new option and link but no indication of prices.

From previous posts I conclude that wheel size is a major factor in comfort and distance ability so as such the full 26" wheel size the Monague has must put it head and shoulders above the rest but still in the info gathering mode.

Having already got stainless steel DiBlasi folding bike I want to make sure what i buy is a big improvement.

We are hoping to spend more time on the boat and from various ports visiting places by cycle.

Hopefully others will give more info.
 
I have a cheap folding bike which I bought from Morrisons for £62. Force 4 sell them for £129. It is fine for short journeys But not much use.
I have two mountain bikes at home, I plan to make one good one with quick release wheels and fit some folding pedals. I sail a Westerly 33 and use the aft cabin as a shed. Once I have made a couple of bags, one for the wheels and one for the frame etc, I will keep it in the shed.
Allan
 
"Thanks for presenting new option and link but no indication of prices."

Prices range from just under 1k (pounds sterling - sorry in New Zealand so no pound sign on keyboard....) for the base touring model to a shade over 3k (GBP) for a high spec road race model. Pricey but about right for the quality.
 
in the end we bought locally for ease and best around that we could afford were a brace of Raleigh active A folders with 16" wheels , although a tad heavy (dont intend ever caryying them far ) have proved to be perfect so far , Im heavy 118kgs and the bike feels solid under me , 7 speed gears have excellent range similar to extent of my mountain bike.

fold unfold very quick and easy .

every thing very smooth , can cope with curbs too .

both can be dropped easily into our 270 dinghy with us ,

last time used we did 8miles over country roads quiet happily and would have done more if road went further .

Could have bought cheaper/lighter but the raleigh name gave faith (yes I know the Active A is designed by raleigh not neccessarily made , although the full raleigh branded version is identical in all respects other than having 6 instead of 7 gears )
came with stands and racks as standard .

did change my seat for a king size jelly though :)
 
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We have Montague Navigators. They are better than the bikes we ride at home! We rode them all over the Danish islands, in Germany and the Netherlands this summer When the weather stopped us from sailing (ie lots of bike ride days) - 60-80 Kms in a day was fine, and we are unfit 60-somethings. We could never have done that on small wheel bikes, even Bromptons. They fold up easily and are tough enough to have survived bouncing in the cockpit locker in some rough weather. The gearing is excellent, with high enough gears to speed along on the excellent continental bike paths, but still make the steepest hills. They are almost entirely non-ferrous, so rust is not an issue.

If you want to cycle for pleasure, rather than just getting to the supermarket, then go for a Montague!
 
why folding

After having two folding bikes on my travels I would not have one again. Admittedly taking slightly larger space than a folding bike my mountain bike takes to pieces in almost the same time as folding a standard folder. It fits in a sail bag (a couple I met had adapted a kite board bag) and I can actually go and explore the area more than a couple of k around.

Downsides: need gloves to handle the chain.
 
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