Dahon Impulse D6 vs. Giant Halfway

Tony Raven wrote:

Joe Canuck wrote:


My comment was based on personal experience and was not "coloured" by
reading magazines... which I don't.


But wrongly ascribed your experience to the frame material and not the
many other factors which would have influenced the harshness of the
ride. At best you could say your advice was misleading.



It was not advice.

I was relating my personal experience.

We can debate that until the cows come home, however it will still be my
personal experience.

Well, just when I think I'm deciding between 2 bikes, a 3rd one gets
presented.

$350CAD Norco Origami: http://tinyurl.com/dt644

I find myself fighting the assumption because something isn't well known
it's somehow flawed as there's no information about the Norco.

sigh

I don't think I can take the risk on the Norco - I'll pick up the Giant
Halfway later this week. At least it's a known quantity.

Perhaps that assumption of flaws in lesser known products is just
self-preservation for the 21st century working man who can't afford a $350
mistake.

Thanks all - you guys have been helpful. Comments still appreciated.

Chris

_________

The first two bikes...

$730CAD Giant Halfway: http://tinyurl.com/77d8l
$450CAD "Avenir" (rebranded "2004 Dahon Impulse D6" - Aluminum):
http://tinyurl.com/9r2e4

On Thu, 26 May 2005 16:42:09 -0400, "C.J.Patten"
wrote:

$350CAD Norco Origami: http://tinyurl.com/dt644

Looks like a rebadged Dahon to me, but ICBW.

Guy
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Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
On Thu, 26 May 2005 18:46:30 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf"
wrote:


http://www.sheldonbrown.com/rinard/E...tigue_test.htm

The EFBe frame tests have been thoroughly discredited many times.


Well, Tony, Scharf states with absolute conviction that you are wrong.
There are few more reliable indicators that you are right on the
money! The Scharf Test rarely lets you down.


Hmmm Scharf or Sheldon, Scharf or Sheldon, I wonder which I trust more?


--
Tony

"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought" Lord
Peter Wimsey (Dorothy L. Sayers)

"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in message
...

$350CAD Norco Origami: http://tinyurl.com/dt644

Looks like a rebadged Dahon to me, but ICBW.

Yeah, I thought so too at first but I went through the entire Dahon
website - 2004 and 2005, domestic and international - and while similar, it
doesn't match any specific Dahon model.

Guess it's another "no-name" type bike. (and at $350CAD for an aluminum
frame, I'm guessing this is a Chinese knock off)

OT: not to stir up a hornet's nest, but the "high-end" folders people keep
talking about (Birdy, Brompton, Frog??) *seem* to have one thing going for
them: folded size. Are they particularly good rides or is their popularity
due to their compactness? (let's assume non-suspension models)

Thanks again,
Chris

in message , Tony Raven
') wrote:

Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
On Thu, 26 May 2005 18:46:30 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf"
wrote:

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/rinard/E...tigue_test.htm

The EFBe frame tests have been thoroughly discredited many times.

Well, Tony, Scharf states with absolute conviction that you are
wrong. There are few more reliable indicators that you are right on
the
money! The Scharf Test rarely lets you down.

Hmmm Scharf or Sheldon, Scharf or Sheldon, I wonder which I trust
more?

Chips.

--
(Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; Want to know what SCO stands for?
;; http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030605

C.J.Patten wrote:
Well, just when I think I'm deciding between 2 bikes, a 3rd one gets
presented.

$350CAD Norco Origami: http://tinyurl.com/dt644

You may be able to check it out in person at Kunstadt in Kanata.

Seems to me I remember Kunstadt keeping them in stock a couple of years
ago, not sure about the current situation.



I find myself fighting the assumption because something isn't well known
it's somehow flawed as there's no information about the Norco.

sigh

I don't think I can take the risk on the Norco - I'll pick up the Giant
Halfway later this week. At least it's a known quantity.

Perhaps that assumption of flaws in lesser known products is just
self-preservation for the 21st century working man who can't afford a $350
mistake.

Thanks all - you guys have been helpful. Comments still appreciated.

Chris

_________

The first two bikes...

$730CAD Giant Halfway: http://tinyurl.com/77d8l
$450CAD "Avenir" (rebranded "2004 Dahon Impulse D6" - Aluminum):
http://tinyurl.com/9r2e4

Hey thanks. When I spoke to Peter Kunstadt the other day, they didn't keep
any folding bikes in stock except an old Peugeot (c.1980).

Was thinking of going to get the Giant tonight but I may have a date (not
with a bike

I'll post back once I give the 'Halfway another test ride or if I get to try
any others. (heading out of town tomorrow - might have a chance to try some
other models while I'm away - Peterborough and London)

TTYS,
Chris in Ottawa


"Joe Canuck" wrote in message
...
C.J.Patten wrote:
Well, just when I think I'm deciding between 2 bikes, a 3rd one gets
presented.

$350CAD Norco Origami: http://tinyurl.com/dt644

You may be able to check it out in person at Kunstadt in Kanata.

Seems to me I remember Kunstadt keeping them in stock a couple of years
ago, not sure about the current situation.



I find myself fighting the assumption because something isn't well known
it's somehow flawed as there's no information about the Norco.

sigh

I don't think I can take the risk on the Norco - I'll pick up the Giant
Halfway later this week. At least it's a known quantity.

Perhaps that assumption of flaws in lesser known products is just
self-preservation for the 21st century working man who can't afford a
$350 mistake.

Thanks all - you guys have been helpful. Comments still appreciated.

Chris

_________

The first two bikes...

$730CAD Giant Halfway: http://tinyurl.com/77d8l
$450CAD "Avenir" (rebranded "2004 Dahon Impulse D6" - Aluminum):
http://tinyurl.com/9r2e4

C.J.Patten wrote:


Was thinking of going to get the Giant tonight but I may have a date (not
with a bike

I'll post back once I give the 'Halfway another test ride or if I get to try
any others.

Well, tell us the results, and don't spare the details.

Oh, and let us know about the bike, too! ;-)

- Frank Krygowski

On Thu, 26 May 2005 22:31:07 +0100, Tony Raven
wrote:

Hmmm Scharf or Sheldon, Scharf or Sheldon, I wonder which I trust more?

Tough call. Scharf is, after all, one of the world's leading
authorities on hubris.

Guy
--
May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at CHS, Puget Sound