folding road bike

Bigdod

can anybody recommend a decent folding road bike with standard 700mm wheels ?

alfablue

I don't know of any folding road bikes with 700c wheels other than those with S&S couplings.

You can buy them fitted to bikes, adding about £300 to the price, or get them retro-fitted, such as by Bob Jackson cycles for £400 or by Kinetics. It means you have the choice of any steel framed bike. Thorn do bikes with S&S couplings such as the Thorn Raven Sport £1499, though it is a touring bike with 26inch wheels.

Of the non-700c wheeled bikes, it looks like the most serious road folder would be something like an Airnimal Chameleon Performance Sport, Ultima or Ultra priced from £1260 to £1980.
nice bikes!

Monty Dog

Ritchey Breakaway

ris

ritchey breakaway got a decent review in a mag (prob cycling plus), but i think the airnimal chameleon is about the best road bike that folds, albeit with a 24" wheel (507s i think, as opposed to the 520s on the joey).

i know dahon do full-size (26" or 700c) folders, but have no idea whether there is anything in the range that is at a 'road bike' level. the cadenza used to be their fast commute job, but it was a flat bar design.

i've got a an airniaml joey and every once in a while i see a chameleon on my commute. i'm grown up enough to admit massive bke envy! :evil:

dennisn

Monty Dog wrote:

Ritchey Breakaway

I know 3 people who have Ritchey's. All of them race a fair share on the regional level
here in the states and they claim they really don't feel any difference between their race bike and the Ritchey.

Dennis Noward

Monty Dog

Having ridden an Airnimal, it's fine as a leisure bike, but feels nothing like as responsive as a well-tuned road bike - a Bike Friday has a far more responsive ride if you want a small-wheeler for example. S+S couplings are expensive - but you can have them fitted to any steel or titanium frame or spec them on a custom model. The Breakaway isn't the stiffest but is a good compromise -