The Bike Friday.
All folded up, i.e. the bike at its
most compact. Observe that the steering tube needs to be
removed from the stem and placed atop the frame, although no
cables need actually by disconnected (yet). Unfortunately it is
not an easy to handle "package", unlike the self- locking Brompton. In this state the bike
may be put into a shoulder canvas bag (made by the company),
and taken aboard a bus, or a train, as a normal,
not oversize piece of luggage. To put it into the suitcase,
however, both wheels have to be removed, and much additional
disassembly and then intricate fitting in of parts at specific
angles and in order is needed.
Of particular
interest is the extremely- well done handlebar; it is made up of
three independent parts, a straight middle tube, and two
T-form handles which are fitted either end of the middle part, at
whatever individual angles that one may desire. This is the only
handlebar know to me, that permits having two different "angles of
attack" for both hands.
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