I'm becoming a BF fan. I have a Crusoe that I really enjoy riding--it's actually my main roadish bike. My only folding of it is to throw it in my car trunk occasionally, but it works OK for that. It does ride very much like a normal bike.
At 6'3", most standard one-sized folders are too small for me; BF's available sizing is helpful. I also have a Swift Xootr. It's fun in it's own way, more solid feeling than the BF, but not nearly so spirited to ride. And the fold is much, much bigger. But both bikes take normal hubs, stems, bars, etc. That makes them easy to service and fun to tinker with. By comparison, the Dahon I had before the BF and Xootr felt like a loose collection of parts going down the road. Eric On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 7:41 PM Jay Lonner <jay.lon...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm interested in building up travel bikes for my wife and me. Our > intended use is credit card touring in continental Europe and the British > Isles. We also have a developing interest in cruising the Salish Sea, so > I'd like something small enough to store belowdecks out of the corrosive > marine environment, and that would be easy to get ashore via dinghy. > > It seems that there are many ways to proceed, ranging from S&S couplers to > 20" wheel designs like Bike Friday to rinko. All have their proponents and > detractors. My priorities are comfort, ease of assembly/disassembly, > avoidance of proprietary/specialized parts, and the ability to fit racks, > fenders, and lights. I prefer plodding utilitarian considerations to zippy > performance. > > While our daily rides embrace Riv-approved technologies such as rim brakes > and friction shifting, I am open to other options for these proposed travel > bikes. When we're away from home I'm really looking for something > bombproof. Rear derailleurs strike me as a particular vulnerability, > especially on bikes with 20" wheels. At the moment I'm leaning towards > designs that utilize a Rohloff hub. > > Anyway, so many choices, so many tradeoffs - I'm stuck! What would you do > within the design constraints outlined above, if budget weren't really a > consideration? (That's one of the nice things about bikes - even an > extravagant build is super affordable compared to boats.) > > Help me RBW collective, you're my only hope! > > Jay Lonner > Bellingham, WA > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5de418e1-5bfa-4358-94a8-70205b3a0c62o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5de418e1-5bfa-4358-94a8-70205b3a0c62o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAHFNW5BAAZsCr2OfG%2Bf2oGJT_iFV01urgZG6ivA47Y3i%2Bs3%3D8A%40mail.gmail.com.
