Originally Posted by
cubewheels
It makes sense to have have suspension if it's not too much of an increased complexity or added weight - as in the case of suspension systems that also serves as the main folding mechanism (which kinda eliminates the weight penalty of a suspension since the suspension is also the main folding component). Quite an ingenious concept when I first saw a Birdy folding bike with the rear suspension also serving as the folding linkage.
Yeah, I think the Moulton was the first, or at least the earliest really popular implementation of this idea. Very elegant, I was blown away BITD when I first laid eyes on one.