Originally Posted by
Jipe
Its not a problem of being enthusiastic or not.
In fact, folding and disassembly are two different things for two different use cases !
Folding is used by people who are for instance commuting with their bike daily and need to carry their bike in some public transport or people using their bike to go shopping and who take their folded bike in the (big) shop instead of leaving it outside. In this use case, disassembly is not an option. For this use case what I call "half folding bikes" i.e. bikes with the rear folding and the front wheel that must be dismounted aren't really good because removing the front wheel when it is dirty (rain, wet road, trail riding...) isn't practical at all and definitely not if you are going to work with your bike.
Disassembly is used for instance by people who travel with their bike and take it on the plane or long distance train to reach the place where they will travel by bike. Fro this use case disassembly is possible combined or not with folding (actually, many people use a not folding bike for this use case, they just disassemble a normal bike, several small wheel bike can be packed as small as a folding one after disassembly).
sigh.
"Half folding bikes"
You're certainly a glass half-empty sorta guy, aren't you Jipe?
Last edited by joey buzzard; 03-22-22 at 01:37 PM.