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Dahon Folding Bike vs Friday Folding Bike
I am thinking about buying a folding bike to ride mainly on bike
trails or to take with me when I am on some trips. I saw a Dahon folding bike that I like for around $450, and the lowest priced Friday folding bike is around $850. Any opinions about the comparison of the two? I now ride around thrity miles per day on a regular bike, but I would probably ride the folding bike around 15 when I would ride it. Thanks Tom |
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Look at the Downtube folders, best bike for the price also go to the
folding forum on bikeforums.net |
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Tom Sherman wrote:
Is there a good resource for determining the country of origin of bicycles? I prefer to buy products made in democratic states with decent wages (e.g. Japan, CE, US, Canada, Taiwan), even if the price is substantially higher. The companies selling non made-in-China bicycles tend to boast about it, but I don't think there's any source that shows the origin. Of course China has become just as capitalistic as any of those other countries, while the U.S., during the past eight years, has become more and more un-democratic. |
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... I am thinking about buying a folding bike to ride mainly on bike trails or to take with me when I am on some trips. I saw a Dahon folding bike that I like for around $450, and the lowest priced Friday folding bike is around $850. Any opinions about the comparison of the two? I now ride around thrity miles per day on a regular bike, but I would probably ride the folding bike around 15 when I would ride it. Thanks Tom Having sold Dahon in the past, and Bike Friday presently, I can tell you that they're very different animals. The Dahons just never quite seemed like a finished product. Little things that wouldn't cost much to take care of but never were, giving one the idea that they were more concerned with saving a few pennies than quality. That said, the difference in price is such that it would be crazy to think a Dahon would be in the same league (in terms of quality) as a bike that costs twice as much. The ride is very different, with the Bike Friday feeling a lot more stable laterally. For a smaller rider, this probably isn't a huge deal, but it's quite noticable for bigger folk. At 15 miles per day, I think you'd appreciate the differences. But the best way to figure that out is to actually take them out and ride them. --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA |
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Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
wrote in message ... I am thinking about buying a folding bike to ride mainly on bike trails or to take with me when I am on some trips. I saw a Dahon folding bike that I like for around $450, and the lowest priced Friday folding bike is around $850. Any opinions about the comparison of the two? I now ride around thrity miles per day on a regular bike, but I would probably ride the folding bike around 15 when I would ride it. Thanks Tom Having sold Dahon in the past, and Bike Friday presently, When did Green Gear start selling through LBS's again? I can tell you that they're very different animals. The Dahons just never quite seemed like a finished product. Little things that wouldn't cost much to take care of but never were, giving one the idea that they were more concerned with saving a few pennies than quality. That said, the difference in price is such that it would be crazy to think a Dahon would be in the same league (in terms of quality) as a bike that costs twice as much. The ride is very different, with the Bike Friday feeling a lot more stable laterally. For a smaller rider, this probably isn't a huge deal, but it's quite noticable for bigger folk. At 15 miles per day, I think you'd appreciate the differences. But the best way to figure that out is to actually take them out and ride them. Reportedly, except for the Tikit, most of the Bike Friday models do not fold that quickly or compactly, compared to a bike such as the Bromptom or some of the Dahon models? Is this a fair assessment? -- Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007 LOCAL CACTUS EATS CYCLIST - datakoll |
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Having sold Dahon in the past, and Bike Friday presently,
When did Green Gear start selling through LBS's again? Fairly recently. We came on board about two months ago, and have done very well with them. Reportedly, except for the Tikit, most of the Bike Friday models do not fold that quickly or compactly, compared to a bike such as the Bromptom or some of the Dahon models? Is this a fair assessment? Probably, be the higher-end Bike Fridays are meant to mimic, as much as possible, the ride qualities of a full-sized bike. The Brompton and Dahon clearly do not try to accomplish that. --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReactionBicycles.com "Tom Sherman" wrote in message ... Mike Jacoubowsky wrote: wrote in message ... I am thinking about buying a folding bike to ride mainly on bike trails or to take with me when I am on some trips. I saw a Dahon folding bike that I like for around $450, and the lowest priced Friday folding bike is around $850. Any opinions about the comparison of the two? I now ride around thrity miles per day on a regular bike, but I would probably ride the folding bike around 15 when I would ride it. Thanks Tom Having sold Dahon in the past, and Bike Friday presently, When did Green Gear start selling through LBS's again? I can tell you that they're very different animals. The Dahons just never quite seemed like a finished product. Little things that wouldn't cost much to take care of but never were, giving one the idea that they were more concerned with saving a few pennies than quality. That said, the difference in price is such that it would be crazy to think a Dahon would be in the same league (in terms of quality) as a bike that costs twice as much. The ride is very different, with the Bike Friday feeling a lot more stable laterally. For a smaller rider, this probably isn't a huge deal, but it's quite noticable for bigger folk. At 15 miles per day, I think you'd appreciate the differences. But the best way to figure that out is to actually take them out and ride them. Reportedly, except for the Tikit, most of the Bike Friday models do not fold that quickly or compactly, compared to a bike such as the Bromptom or some of the Dahon models? Is this a fair assessment? -- Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007 LOCAL CACTUS EATS CYCLIST - datakoll |
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Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
Having sold Dahon in the past, and Bike Friday presently, I can tell you that they're very different animals. The Dahons just never quite seemed like a finished product. Little things that wouldn't cost much to take care of but never were, giving one the idea that they were more concerned with saving a few pennies than quality. That said, the difference in price is such that it would be crazy to think a Dahon would be in the same league (in terms of quality) as a bike that costs twice as much. The ride is very different, with the Bike Friday feeling a lot more stable laterally. For a smaller rider, this probably isn't a huge deal, but it's quite noticable for bigger folk. At 15 miles per day, I think you'd appreciate the differences. But the best way to figure that out is to actually take them out and ride them. How long ago were you selling Dahon? The Dahon's of today are very very different than the Dahon's of even just five years ago, and a world apart from the first Dahons. Alas, you can spend as much on some Dahon models these days as a Bike Friday. Did you stop by Dahon's booth at Interbike? They had a carbon-fiber model for $3000. They also had their full size model with the Ritchey frame. |
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Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
Having sold Dahon in the past, and Bike Friday presently, When did Green Gear start selling through LBS's again? Fairly recently. We came on board about two months ago, and have done very well with them. Reportedly, except for the Tikit, most of the Bike Friday models do not fold that quickly or compactly, compared to a bike such as the Bromptom or some of the Dahon models? Is this a fair assessment? Probably, be the higher-end Bike Fridays are meant to mimic, as much as possible, the ride qualities of a full-sized bike. The Brompton and Dahon clearly do not try to accomplish that. This Dahon does, "http://www.dahon.com/us/tournado.htm". |
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