Originally Posted by jsohn

I am sure you love your brompton and I would too, but at about 4x the price of the trek, it really isn't in the same league. And the SOHO was the same problem...expensive belt drive system that never caught on.

I guess...when it gets down to it, I'm looking for an affordable (sub $700 ish) ready to go off the shelf (add fenders or a rack maybe and that's it) bike that has internal gears, dynamo hubs, and isn't a classic or dutch-style bike. It seems like a lot of people on this forum essentially build the trek st720, so why wouldn't they sell it in the US market ready to go...since the bike is already in production here?