19-01-2010, 14:49 | #1 |
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Bromptons and folding bikes
I've been wanting a Brompton for a while so I can break up my commute and do the last part of the journey by bike. Last time I looked they were about £350 but I had a shock when I saw them going for £600 on eBay and over £800 new
What happened there? Am I looking in the wrong place? So I'm still on the lookout for a folding bike. I can't really leave it at the station overnight because this is London and I don't want to come back to find things missing or the whole bike gone, so I'd prefer a folder that I can carry with me. I like how small the Brompton folds and how quickly it does it. What are my other options for folding bikes? That A frame Sinclair bike thing is no good
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19-01-2010, 17:29 | #2 |
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Couple of guys in work have folding bikes to get to - fro train station, I'll ask around for you tomorrow.
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27-01-2010, 15:35 | #3 |
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I popped into an Evans today (not the shop for fat chicks) and they have a plain black one for £595, pretty much the model I'd be looking at. Still a bit steep but I got to have a play around with it. They are definitely the best of the folding bikes. The Dahons they had folded nowhere near as small and were heavier.
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I've got a Dahon bag somewhere, probably at the bottom of the junk mountain. It's roughly 3'x3'x1'. Let me know if it would be of any use to you and I'll have a look for it.
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01-02-2010, 23:13 | #5 |
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I've never tried a folding bike, how well do they stick together?
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02-02-2010, 17:19 | #6 |
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Excuse me derailing this thread but ****ing folding bikes ******** **** ****** on the **** train!! Every ***** ****** **** ********
That's all I have to say on ******** fold away bikes really
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hehe! I have no idea whether you are angry or happy!
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11-02-2010, 13:57 | #8 |
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Well get yer own ******* folding bike and get yer ******* revenge on the *****!
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