Let's See Your Folding Bike

[Kell]

You might get away with it on a train.
I brought a Pashley PDQ back from Kings Lynn on the train with no great drama, and that didn't fold at all.
I've also taken a Mission Trike on a train, although I just put it in the door area and sat on it.
People may have assumed I was disabled, which after riding a trike from Peterborough wasn't so far from the truth.
Didn't get on with the PDQ. It was too twitchy for my liking, and I've done tours, Ventoux and 50mph on a Brompton!

I used to see a guy regularly take a Moulton on his train without much fuss. I think people assume it folds because it has small wheels.

Similarly, the opposite was true when I had my full-size Dahon Lock Jaw. Because it looked like a 'normal' bike, I had guards as well as fellow passengers telling me I couldn't take it on the train.

Until I folded it and shut them up.

 

[straas]

Picking up 4kg of dog food on my lunch break? No probs for the brompty pompty.

 

[Gunk]

These basket conversions are proving popular, mine takes a fair old bit of weight. Brompton will be selling them themselves soon!

 

[KiterStu]

Just picked this up ‘sold as spares’ because ‘the gears don’t change’. Fine after I put the chain back on! Not bad for £15 😊

 

[straas]

These basket conversions are proving popular, mine takes a fair old bit of weight. Brompton will be selling them themselves soon!

Makes the Brompty so much more useful for shopping. I was going to get a net, but if you just tie up a shopping bag stuff stays pretty much in place.

Only negative is there's a decent lag time between arriving home and being able to consume any of the beers you've purchased, unless you can find some glassy smooth roads to the local bottle shop.

 

[Gunk]

M&S sell a nylon bag which folds into a pocket sized ball, perfect for the Brompton

 

[straas]

In action prowling the aisles of Lidl

 

[LardAbove]

Just lubed the old girl up, reset the cables on the brakes/properly aligned the brakeblocks to the rim!
GEL seat coming this week...

Looking forward to Wobbling my Blobby for a few miles yet

LardAbove

 

[Gunk]

The only folding bike that takes up more space folded than unfolded!

 

[LardAbove]

The only folding bike that takes up more space folded than unfolded!

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/unhinged-at-any-speed.275305/post-6416346

 

[Justinitus]

In action prowling the aisles of Lidl

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I tried this out for the 1st time Saturday night in Lidl! Was expecting some weird looks but nothing - no one blinked an eye! Quite a handy feature this Brompton “trolley mode”

 

[tyred]

The only folding bike that takes up more space folded than unfolded!

See also the Raleigh Twenty.

 

[avalon]

I may be a bit late joining this conversation, but here's mine.

 

[Kell]

In the first pic, I couldn't see the motorbike. I thought that it looked like hard work pulling that trailer though...

 

[a.twiddler]

Another non Brompton folder, nice to see. Interesting Ural or Dneipr type outfit with left hand sidecar, also nice to see.