Yeah. As a minimum, I'd expect hands to be chained to the bars, so under no circumstances are you allowed to indicate when turning or changing lanes.
 
What are the folder options for tall & heavy-ish (188cm 87kg) riders?
Raleigh stowaway/twenty has a very stiff folding lock design according to Sheldon, but as far as retromods go, it will be a pain to work with. Raleigh threading, fork/seatpost extension problems. meh.
There's one going for a fistful of Ā£5 notes not too far away from me, but I might be at, or dangerously close to n+1=d situation.

I'm a bit heavier than you and 5cm shorter and get on really well with a Dawes kingpin with no issues at all. Standard BB etc so very easy to live with. A couple of mine...
Rusty rat fixie folder PXL_20240621_111335018.jpg
The nice one (with front rack mid-fitting) PXL_20220629_193107419.MP.jpg
Have another one (or two) with plans...
 
What are the folder options for tall & heavy-ish (188cm 87kg) riders?
Raleigh stowaway/twenty has a very stiff folding lock design according to Sheldon, but as far as retromods go, it will be a pain to work with. Raleigh threading, fork/seatpost extension problems. meh.
There's one going for a fistful of Ā£5 notes not too far away from me, but I might be at, or dangerously close to n+1=d situation.
Iā€™m 6ā€™2 and made a (non folding) Raleigh Twenty work. The threading and stuff isnā€™t insurmountable but itā€™ll definitely help if you have your own taps and facing tools or are very friendly with someone that does. Average lbs would probably not be interested.
 
Sold my taps & facing tools unfortunately. Only have French thread taps left.

That's an idea though. Cross-tap Raleigh thread to French. It will certainly satisfy my sick perverted bike-wrenching fetish, but unlikely to produce any meaningful results.šŸ¤”
 
Decent tubeset for a folder, but "foldability" seems extremely limited, and even folded it won't be very compact I think?

I am intrigued. Local pickup only though - might be hard to persuade the guy to post.
Do you think it's mis-listed as 26er when it's a 24"?
I think it is a 26". They are not the most intricate fold, no.

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Folding bike. Designed by BMW!
Does that mean I'm allowed to be a complete RShole while riding it?
That design has been around longer than that. Rudge Bi-frame:

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1989-rudge-bi-frame-folding-mtb-montague-cycles.49786/
 
What are the folder options for tall & heavy-ish (188cm 87kg) riders?
Raleigh stowaway/twenty has a very stiff folding lock design according to Sheldon, but as far as retromods go, it will be a pain to work with. Raleigh threading, fork/seatpost extension problems. meh.
There's one going for a fistful of Ā£5 notes not too far away from me, but I might be at, or dangerously close to n+1=d situation.

I found the problems quite a nice challenge - a couple of possible approaches for each.

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1978-raleigh-stowaway.262350/

Mine rides nicely, although I am still on the lookout for a slightly longer seatpost, but I'm a little taller. It's only of the bikes that survived the cull when I moved abroad and the remaining ones had to fit into storage. I should get it back and do some fine tuning.

I did want a Dawes Kingpin too, but that was what came up first and can't justify keeping two folders ........
 
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