Cheap folding bike that won't fall apart with an 18st bloke sat on top of it?

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Bimble

Bimble

Bimbling along ...
Thank you for all your advice and suggestions. I had been looking on ebay too and yesterday managed to find a folding bike quite local. So local, in fact, that it was a first year student at the local university, 5 mins. up the road. His parents had bought him the bike to get around on but he never really liked it and had only used it twice (when I first read that in the description I thought "Yeah right" but it seems to be true as the bike looks brand new).

I collected it last night and hadn't realised that it also had a lock and front and back lights so I have him an extra tenner. He was a really nice young man and I would have felt guilty not giving him a bit more.

I haven't managed to ride it yet - the tyres were flat (I'm guessing from lack of use) - but hopefully it will be okay and for £100 I think I got a good deal:
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Bimble

Bimble

Bimbling along ...
@Bimble sounds and looks like you are a happy bunny

Yes. I suppose my timing, for once, was spot on. Hopefully it won't have to carry too much weight for too long, once I get commuting regularly. I've made a start on the diet and lost 3lbs in the past couple of weeks. Hopefully I can stick to it and gradually bring it down. The worst part has been the snacking. Really nagging brain-need to snack on a night, but doing my best to overpower the feeling and ignore the pangs.

Maybe this time next year I can upgrade to one of those fancy hybrid ones (don't fancy the drop bar ones, they look too racy for me).
 

biggs682

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Yes. I suppose my timing, for once, was spot on. Hopefully it won't have to carry too much weight for too long, once I get commuting regularly. I've made a start on the diet and lost 3lbs in the past couple of weeks. Hopefully I can stick to it and gradually bring it down. The worst part has been the snacking. Really nagging brain-need to snack on a night, but doing my best to overpower the feeling and ignore the pangs.

Maybe this time next year I can upgrade to one of those fancy hybrid ones (don't fancy the drop bar ones, they look too racy for me).
@Bimble the snacking is a problem for most of us , i know i could sit at my desk all day snacking

Just enjoy it
 

stearman65

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I know I'm a bit late on this, I've ridden a few folding bikes. When were sailing, lots of the liveaboards had them. The smaller the wheels the more unstable they were, especially on narrow pontoons. We bought a bike when we lived in Portugal for 12 months, It was our hack for carrying supplies back from the supermarket. Fell in the dock a couple of time, but never let us down. Sold it to one of the marina staff when we set off back to the UK.
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