The range of clever concepts has grown enormously in recent years. What type of folding bike are you? If you know, you can easily find the right mix for your personal mobility needs in the colourful range on offer. A TREKKINGBIKE guide to the right "little one".
Folding bikes are in vogue. The bad reputation of their ancestors has been forgotten. This is due to the increased leisure budget of their buyers. In 2008, average Central Europeans simply have more money for the high-quality ingredients that can turn the "folding bike 2.0" into an enjoyable product.
Very important here are stable light metal frames with thick tubes and precise hinges. In addition, there are drive concepts that give some folding bikes full-blown riding characteristics: Hub gears with eight or more gears, hybrid gears and powerful brakes turn folding bikes into real bikes. Some of them are as fast as a rigid bike, others are as small as a briefcase. There is still no such thing as a folding bike that can do everything and costs almost nothing. The combination of riding and folding inevitably requires compromises.
The bikes in the test:
Riese & Müller Birdy, http://www.r-m.de
Brompton RD6 ALC, http://www.brompton.de
Airnimal Joey, http://www.airnimal.eu
Dahon Mu P8, http://www.dahon.com
Dahon Cadenza 8
