http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: folding Brompton Dahon - Recent Topics en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:18:30 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8220#post-81868 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:40:35 +0000 Greenroofer 81868@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So, I'm coming to the end of my current Cycle to Work scheme, and can start a new one. Thanks to the <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6357#post-68268">sage advice of this forum</a>, I'm not going to replace my existing bike. Instead, I will probably get a folding bike as my n+1. The question is which?</p> <p>I plan for the folding bike to be for multi-modal commuting (particularly in London) and as a back-up for when my main steed is off the road. I'm not planning any mad touring on it, so maximum single journey probably 5 or 6 miles at a time. It's got to fold small. It's got to fit under the C2W £1,000 limit.</p> <p>Is there, as the Volkswagen Golf advert* would have you believe, only one choice here ? Should I get a Brompton?</p> <p>What about Dahon?</p> <p>If you had up to £1,000 to spend on a good folding bike, what would you get?</p> <p>* (you know the one where the harrassed women at the car hire desk is being told '<em>eet sez Golf or <strong>seemeelar</strong></em>') </p>