Folding and notfolding bikes
Tags: Bike, Folding bike, travelBy
Supposing you are an addicted biker, and also an addicted traveler, as we all here are. We must find a solution for these two innofensive(even positive ) addictions to match. Let us do together, in this post.
If you travel away, and want to bike there, you can of course hire a bike. Or you can take your bike with you, with these inconvenients: transportation could be too expensive and the bike could be dammaged, stolen, etc.
Some of these inconvenients would dissapear if you have a folding bike! But these bikes are more complex and more expensive. But it is also said, they would be more performant! Folding bikes are popular in Britain, but not very popular in U.S. Well, buyer’s behaviour is not easy to understand sometimes!
Whick are your opinions in this debate? And which are your personal experiences, positive or negative?
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June 9th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
You never know what you’ll get when you rent a bike. Once, I rented one in Costa Rica so I could ride near the Irazu volcano. After cycling about a block, the bottom bracket disintegrated and the pedals fell off. A moment later when I returned the bike, I asked for a refund of my prepaid rental and the guy refused…
Today, several major cities (Barcelona, Paris, etc.) are offering low cost/no cost bike rentals and some countries (like Germany) offer great access to rental bikes through their railways. Nevertheless, these bikes are plain janes. If you’re okay with that, no problem; however, my preference is to simply take my own folding bike wherever I go.
Having my own bike, I know the condition of the bike and that the bike suits me perfectly. Even with many airlines now charging for baggage, it still makes sense to take a folding bike on journeys. I have instant freedom, can go where I please and always know what it will cost me for gasoline - NOTHING!
More about bikes that fold (including reading reviews, seeing photos and even videos) can be found at RideTHISbike.com.