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Meet the Hummingbird: world's lightest folding bike
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"Chances are that if someone told you about a 6.5kg carbon-fibre bike, you'd picture an exotic drop-barred road bike rather than the Hummingbird, a folder that's just started looking for funding. Kickstarter. The team behind the Hummingbird reckons it's the lightest folding bike in the world. Assuming the 6.5kg (14.33lb) claimed weight for the 16in wheel version of the Hummingbird is accurate, it's comfortably the lightest folding bike we've ever heard of. The 20in wheel Hummingbird will weigh around 7kg (15.4lb)." http://road.cc/content/tech-news/170...ing-bike-video |
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Meet the Hummingbird: world's lightest folding bike
On 11/11/2015 18:25, Alycidon wrote:
QUOTE: "Chances are that if someone told you about a 6.5kg carbon-fibre bike, you'd picture an exotic drop-barred road bike rather than the Hummingbird, a folder that's just started looking for funding. Kickstarter. The team behind the Hummingbird reckons it's the lightest folding bike in the world. Assuming the 6.5kg (14.33lb) claimed weight for the 16in wheel version of the Hummingbird is accurate, it's comfortably the lightest folding bike we've ever heard of. The 20in wheel Hummingbird will weigh around 7kg (15.4lb)." http://road.cc/content/tech-news/170...ing-bike-video And a snip at £1550. |
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Meet the Hummingbird: world's lightest folding bike
On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 10:25:13 -0800 (PST)
Alycidon wrote: QUOTE: "Chances are that if someone told you about a 6.5kg carbon-fibre bike, you'd picture an exotic drop-barred road bike rather than the Hummingbird, a folder that's just started looking for funding. Kickstarter. The team behind the Hummingbird reckons it's the lightest folding bike in the world. Assuming the 6.5kg (14.33lb) claimed weight for the 16in wheel version of the Hummingbird is accurate, it's comfortably the lightest folding bike we've ever heard of. The 20in wheel Hummingbird will weigh around 7kg (15.4lb)." http://road.cc/content/tech-news/170...ing-bike-video 16 inch wheels and no suspension, eh? |
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Meet the Hummingbird: world's lightest folding bike
On 12/11/15 01:02, Rob Morley wrote:
On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 10:25:13 -0800 (PST) Alycidon wrote: QUOTE: "Chances are that if someone told you about a 6.5kg carbon-fibre bike, you'd picture an exotic drop-barred road bike rather than the Hummingbird, a folder that's just started looking for funding. Kickstarter. The team behind the Hummingbird reckons it's the lightest folding bike in the world. Assuming the 6.5kg (14.33lb) claimed weight for the 16in wheel version of the Hummingbird is accurate, it's comfortably the lightest folding bike we've ever heard of. The 20in wheel Hummingbird will weigh around 7kg (15.4lb)." http://road.cc/content/tech-news/170...ing-bike-video 16 inch wheels and no suspension, eh? They mention 20" wheels as well. So I'm a bit confused. |
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Meet the Hummingbird: world's lightest folding bike
On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 18:25:13 -0000, Alycidon wrote:
QUOTE: "Chances are that if someone told you about a 6.5kg carbon-fibre bike, you'd picture an exotic drop-barred road bike rather than the Hummingbird, a folder that's just started looking for funding. Kickstarter. The team behind the Hummingbird reckons it's the lightest folding bike in the world. Assuming the 6.5kg (14.33lb) claimed weight for the 16in wheel version of the Hummingbird is accurate, it's comfortably the lightest folding bike we've ever heard of. The 20in wheel Hummingbird will weigh around 7kg (15.4lb)." http://road.cc/content/tech-news/170...ing-bike-video Sounds good; when they can get the price down to £250-ish I'd be interested, but £1600? a bit of a niche market. -- Bah, and indeed, Humbug |
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Meet the Hummingbird: world's lightest folding bike
On 12/11/2015 11:32, Kerr Mudd-John wrote:
On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 18:25:13 -0000, Alycidon wrote: QUOTE: "Chances are that if someone told you about a 6.5kg carbon-fibre bike, you'd picture an exotic drop-barred road bike rather than the Hummingbird, a folder that's just started looking for funding. Kickstarter. The team behind the Hummingbird reckons it's the lightest folding bike in the world. Assuming the 6.5kg (14.33lb) claimed weight for the 16in wheel version of the Hummingbird is accurate, it's comfortably the lightest folding bike we've ever heard of. The 20in wheel Hummingbird will weigh around 7kg (15.4lb)." http://road.cc/content/tech-news/170...ing-bike-video Sounds good; when they can get the price down to £250-ish I'd be interested, but £1600? a bit of a niche market. Chump change to a cyclist. |
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Meet the Hummingbird: world's lightest folding bike
On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 07:18:37 +0100
Tosspot wrote: On 12/11/15 01:02, Rob Morley wrote: On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 10:25:13 -0800 (PST) Alycidon wrote: QUOTE: "Chances are that if someone told you about a 6.5kg carbon-fibre bike, you'd picture an exotic drop-barred road bike rather than the Hummingbird, a folder that's just started looking for funding. Kickstarter. The team behind the Hummingbird reckons it's the lightest folding bike in the world. Assuming the 6.5kg (14.33lb) claimed weight for the 16in wheel version of the Hummingbird is accurate, it's comfortably the lightest folding bike we've ever heard of. The 20in wheel Hummingbird will weigh around 7kg (15.4lb)." http://road.cc/content/tech-news/170...ing-bike-video 16 inch wheels and no suspension, eh? They mention 20" wheels as well. So I'm a bit confused. Two versions, one is compact and the other one might be ridable. :-) |
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