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posted by [personal profile] pm215 at 10:12pm on 25/09/2007
I've done nearly 40mph on my Raleigh Twenty and it didn't fall apart, fold up or fail to brake on demand :-)
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posted by [identity profile] rax.livejournal.com at 10:28pm on 25/09/2007
Mine is an old Dahon. It's... rickety. I've managed to get the seat to stop falling down while I ride it! :)
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posted by [identity profile] damerell.livejournal.com at 12:42am on 26/09/2007
The Brompton isn't really an alternative to the Dahon. As you know, folding bikes compromise a few factors - folded size, ease of fold, ride quality, cheapness and crapness of design. The B is quite small when folded, folds in 15 seconds (no, really) - it is only because it is very well designed that the ride quality is acceptable.

It's not the same job as "slow to fold, rides something like a non-folding bike".

England has a really unusual propensity to short sharp climbs compared to most places (Scotland is much more "normal" with long slow ascents) and that means short fast descents. I would expect to get to around 35mph at least once on any reasonable length country ride - if you ride fixed over here, you just have to be able to do 120rpm and brake a bit...
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posted by [identity profile] damerell.livejournal.com at 12:43am on 26/09/2007
British bicycles of that vintage have a number of oddities but a tendency to disintegrate unexpectedly isn't really one of them. :-)
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