Folding Bikes

[zav6a]

Check this one out Doug:

http://www.sandsmachine.com/

Should appeal to the "builder" in us.

[DeltaRomeo]

Thanks Duane! I had not found that company yet. One I did find was http://www.airnimalusa.com/. They make a 'Rhino'.

Best,
d

[Ironflight]

Ya' know Doug, I'd love to have a bike that fits int eh back of the Val, but for those prices, I could buy a Breitling B-1....or fuel for the Val for three months!!!

I guess I'm just spoiled - I got my airport/hangar bike at Target for $79....and they took 10% off because it had a scratch and they couldn't find the manual!

I know a folding bike is gonna cost more, but....man!!

[DeltaRomeo]

I hear ya Paul. Way expensive. Check out that coupling though: http://www.sandsmachine.com/ You can retrofit an existing bike into a 'collapsible'. Very pricey also, but if you had a nice Trek mountain or such it could be made 'RV friendly'.

Like the original poster said....for the 'builder in us' <g>.

b,dr

[hgerhardt]

Do any of the above bikes fit into the back of a 6-7-9? How about a Brompton? http://www.foldabikes.com/ They look about the smallest of the folding bikes. Just fairly spendy, starting at $900.

[KiloWhiskey]

High quality design, been around a long time, folds well too.Slingshot had a fairly successful racing team in early 90s using similar design.

http://www.slingshotbikes.com/bikes/11

[FredMagare]

Hmm. I'll have to do some research, but I seem to recall that about four or five years ago Sport Aviation had an article about how to modify any bicycle to make it fold. Requires some cutting (obviously) and a little welding (doable) and some drilling to accept pins or bolts.

I'll get back to you....

[n5lp]

Originally Posted by hgerhardt

Do any of the above bikes fit into the back of a 6-7-9? How about a Brompton? http://www.foldabikes.com/ They look about the smallest of the folding bikes. Just fairly spendy, starting at $900.

The Brompton fits very easily in my tip-up RV-6 and I suspect, but have not verified, that two would fit fine. It folds or unfolds in around 10 seconds and is so small that I don't mind at all, with a fabric cover, taking it in a restaurant. Something that I think should be considered. It is just sort of like a large valise.

[atreff]

In reviews, the Dahon and the less expensve folders are appropriate for tooling around the airport, or getting from your boat to the end of the dock, but to really go somewhere, you need a real bike.

http://www.birdybike.com/index.html

http://www.bikefriday.com/

My wife and I both own Bike Friday New World Tourists. Great bike, fits me so well, I sold my full sized roadbike. Accelerates well, and corners really well. Wheel size is key to a folder, full size wheels are tuff to tuck away in a small plane. I have not tried to fit my Friday it in the RV-8 yet. I'm interested in the Birdy, because it's folded size is smaller than Friday's.

Art in Asheville

[Dgamble]

Originally Posted by atreff

to really go somewhere, you need a real bike.

I've had a great time with this one:

http://n466pg.blogspot.com/2005/12/it-fits.html

Robust, easy to fold, but I doubt if two of them would fit.