Parts of this picture act as clickable links to other pictures or greater detail.

if your browser supports client-side imagemaps. Copyright © 1992-1997 Ian Feldman

The Bike Friday.
The seat tube folds down onto the top tube and the rear triangle pivots under the BB to allow it to be "tucked along" the frame. The "secret" to BF's compact folding is that both of these hinges are slightly asymmetric, at an angle vs the vertical center plane of the frame. Thus the rear triangle "tucks along" rather than directly "under" or inside the front.

Bike Friday 
Trailer suitcase
Hinge close-up  Suitcase detail
First fold  Suitcase volume
First fold detail  Chain wheel
All folded up  Trailer hitch
Pedal detail  Weight test

a w3eb by  r a n d o m design .  feedback ? index 28 Feb 1997