Folding Bikes

[rumsfald]

How heavy are these?
How long do they take to fold/unfold (in case you are rushing to catch a bus)?
How hard are they to move about when folded?
Your buses don't offer ride-n-bike?

Weight depends on model and configuration, but ranges from 9 – 12½ kg (20 – 28lbs). Need to spend 800$ extra for titanium to get on the lighter end. Seemed light enough to me. They also have luggage wheels on the bottom to roll around while folded, in case you need that. Some buses do have spots for 2 full-size bikes in front - but I never take the bus. My route is on train.

Brompton Folding

[copulatingduck]

at first I thought "Man i bet with something crazy like this you could be swimmin in tattoo'd hipster poon" and then I realized all it would probably result in was lots of jokes about "flexible shafts"

[HeK]

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How heavy are these?
How long do they take to fold/unfold (in case you are rushing to catch a bus)?
How hard are they to move about when folded?
Your buses don't offer ride-n-bike?

Weight depends on model and configuration, but ranges from 9 – 12½ kg (20 – 28lbs). Need to spend 800$ extra for titanium to get on the lighter end. Seemed light enough to me. They also have luggage wheels on the bottom to roll around while folded, in case you need that. Some buses do have spots for 2 full-size bikes in front - but I never take the bus. My route is on train.

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Looks pretty damn impressive. At that weight, it sounds like they are made of aluminum. I doubt you'd save much over that in titanium.
Then again, at $800 it is more cost effective to spend it on a gym pass then an upgraded bike. It's not like you are sending it into space.