Folders in the wild - post your photos
01-04-23, 03:40 PM
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04 JAN 2023, 64 F (17 C), I worked up a sweat even with a folder.
01-05-23, 02:29 PM
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2) The hills were dealt with through changing the stock derailleur, cassette and shifter to Microshift Advent, which for not a lot of money gave me a wider range of gears. Have a search for my posts on this upgrade if you’re interested.
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01-23-23, 08:58 PM
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SteveKb what's in the bags?
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01-23-23, 09:05 PM
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Most people guess that they contain fishing gear, but those are kite bags.
Riding my ZiZZO Liberté to the park to fly kites
Riding my ZiZZO Liberté to the park to fly kites
02-08-23, 03:16 PM
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Not quite in the wild - here is a very early folding bike from the WW2 which I saw on my visit today to the Coventry Transport Museum. Well worth visiting if you are in Coventry (England). This museum tells how the local engineering firms first developed sewing machines, then bikes, then motobikes and of course cars and other vehicles. The bike story is huge and so I would highly recommend a visit for all bike fans!
Outside the main building in the centre of Coventry.
WW2 folding bike - could be used with a parachute. Thanks @rickpaulos
Outside the main building in the centre of Coventry.
WW2 folding bike - could be used with a parachute. Thanks @rickpaulos
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02-12-23, 07:27 PM
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Not quite in the wild - here is a very early folding bike from the 1st WW (1918) which I saw on my visit today to the Coventry Transport Museum. Well worth visiting if you are in Coventry (England). This museum tells how the local engineering firms first developed sewing machines, then bikes, then motobikes and of course cars and other vehicles. The bike story is huge and so I would highly recommend a visit for all bike fans!
1st WW folding bike - could be used with a parachute.
1st WW folding bike - could be used with a parachute.
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02-12-23, 09:28 PM
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Not quite in the wild - here is a very early folding bike from the 1st WW (1918) which I saw on my visit today to the Coventry Transport Museum. Well worth visiting if you are in Coventry (England). This museum tells how the local engineering firms first developed sewing machines, then bikes, then motobikes and of course cars and other vehicles. The bike story is huge and so I would highly recommend a visit for all bike fans!
02-13-23, 07:45 AM
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I can also recommend the bicycle collection at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
A much larger collection of cycles is at the Glasgow Transportation Museum, with some of the bikes mounted on a Möbius strip hung from the ceiling. Here, an early Moulton F frame and a rare Bickerton Country:
Glasgow also displays the world's oldest extant bicycle
Amazing, very cool, but if it's all the same, I think I'll stick with my Curl!
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02-13-23, 09:56 AM
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Yep. But there were plenty of folding bikes in the era of the Great War to End All Wars. The Dursley-Pedersen and Baden-Powel folding bikes served in the Boer War. The BSA Folding General Service was developed especially for use in WWI as was the Phillips Folding General Service. The French Peugeot Bicyclette Pliante dates to 1896 and was probably the world's first successful production folding bike. It became known as the Capitaine Gérard bike and saw service in WWI. The Italians fielded the Bianchi Modello Militare Brevettato folder.
02-13-23, 10:27 AM
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A much larger collection of cycles is at the Glasgow Transportation Museum, with some of the bikes mounted on a Möbius strip hung from the ceiling. Here, an early Moulton F frame and a rare Bickerton Country:
Amazing, very cool, but if it's all the same, I think I'll stick with my Curl!
Amazing, very cool, but if it's all the same, I think I'll stick with my Curl!
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04-25-23, 07:14 AM
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Zizzo Liberte’ near the border with Canada…
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04-25-23, 01:20 PM
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Ooh I like that bottle holder? I just added a front rack to my Liberte
I used the new Zizzo Bromptom style mount
A two-person tent
An old camera bag slides perfectly on the vertical part of the rack. I used it to pick up Italian roasted coffee beans and mozzarella balls the other day.
And now I can't quite believe that I own a second folder...
I used the new Zizzo Bromptom style mount
A two-person tent
An old camera bag slides perfectly on the vertical part of the rack. I used it to pick up Italian roasted coffee beans and mozzarella balls the other day.
And now I can't quite believe that I own a second folder...
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04-30-23, 09:34 PM
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Last fall, I took Amtrak from Rochester NY to Utica NY, where I met my son. We both took our Twentys. Transferred to the Adirondack RR to Thendara NY. Got off the train and went for a 20 mile ride, then reversed the train rides.
On Amtrak
On Amtrak
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05-31-23, 06:35 PM
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In China with a speedy 3 speed Dahon.
Stone Forests near Kunming, China
Local race in Dali, China
Leaving Chengdu, China
Stone Forests near Kunming, China
Local race in Dali, China
Leaving Chengdu, China
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06-18-23, 12:26 PM
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Out gettin' some deliciously unhealthy fried chicken! [Taken just before the wind knocked it over]
06-18-23, 05:51 PM
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You just wait until I put the Billy Bonkers on! 😁
These Kenda Small Block Eights came on the bike when I bought it NOS earlier this year. Whether they are factory or changed out by Dahon before they sold it to me, I couldn't tell you. I haven't tried them for any hardcore MTBing yet, and probably shouldn't, but they're actually quite good on soft sand and fine gravel.
These Kenda Small Block Eights came on the bike when I bought it NOS earlier this year. Whether they are factory or changed out by Dahon before they sold it to me, I couldn't tell you. I haven't tried them for any hardcore MTBing yet, and probably shouldn't, but they're actually quite good on soft sand and fine gravel.
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