Folders! Foldable bicycles, minivelos and demontables

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.
 
M_Chavez said:
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 £5 notes not too far away from me, but I might be at, or dangerously close to n+1=d situation.
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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...
 
M_Chavez said:
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 £5 notes not too far away from me, but I might be at, or dangerously close to n+1=d situation.
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I’m 6’2 and made a (non folding) Raleigh Twenty work. The threading and stuff isn’t insurmountable but it’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.🤔
 
M_Chavez said:
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"?
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I think it is a 26". They are not the most intricate fold, no.

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M_Chavez said:
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Folding bike. Designed by BMW!
Does that mean I'm allowed to be a complete RShole while riding it?
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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/
 
M_Chavez said:
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 £5 notes not too far away from me, but I might be at, or dangerously close to n+1=d situation.
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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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