Because of the need to align as flatly as possible to the packed volume, the handlebar is not easily exchanged for another, nor easy to equip with bar- ends, etc. This is one of the trade- offs that has to be accepted for reasons of Higher Goals Attainment of Utter Bi-compactness.

    Total time to fold down:  22 seconds; pros do it faster; and a bit less than that to unfold it to a rideable state.