Buy Green: Large Wheel Folding Bikes
by Warren McLaren, Sydney 
on 02.22.08
In the market for Large Wheel Folding Bicycles? While TreeHugger knows that using what you've got 'til it's gone is the greenest way to go, we all have to replace our old faithful with new favorites eventually. When that time comes, we want you to know some of the good green ways to go. On this list: large wheel folding bikes.
Small wheels, as rule, make for a smaller folding bike, but rules are made to be broken. It’s trickier, but standard-wheeled bicycles -- those with 26” rims -- can also be conjured into tiny travel or storage packages, with some imaginative design and engineering. Larger wheels provide a little extra dampening from road shock and they ‘track’ in a straighter line through sand, gravel, mud and other off-road conditions. And, since bigger wheels are the industry standard, a wider range of componentry and accessories are available to make your ride more fun and functional. For those riders who prefer their bikes to have big wheels (as opposed to the small-wheel folding bikes we covered before), but come in small(er) packages, saddle up and take these folders for a test ride.
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I have the Paratrooper. It is for all intents and purposes a regular bike. Awesome. I picked it up on ebay for 350
I've been researching this extensively, because I want to combine a folding bike with a Bionx motor as a car-replacement for commuting (folding means I can keep it under my desk where it can avoid rain, snow and thieves). The Montague (above) seems great, but if I went today, the gold standard seems to be the (gasp! not mentioned!) 20-in wheel Xootr Swift.
Hot damn that Dahon steel folder is a nice looking number!
I love the Bazooka Beach and the price is fabulous $295, too bad it is already sold out and the price is actually $489, to top it off their website says that they may not carry the item in the future. Oh Well what I really want is a Batavus foldable Oma Bike, that would make my day.
Tournado is my next cycle-to-work purchase -mmm - lovely!
how much is shipping and handling for the Montague Paratrooper mountain bike?
Slingshot woooawwwww
nice nice nice nice
For full-sized, yet near instant, compact folding bikes Check out: ....
IF Mode &
IF Cross
www.pacific-cycles.com
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Writer's Note:
We posted on these when they were in development: Swivel Head - Folding for Full Sized Bicycles
Good choice of big wheel folding bikes. We have reveiwed many of these at BikesTHATfold.com
Check out: These new full sized bikes ....
IF Mode
(very cool looking folding full sized bike)
http://www.pacific-cycles.com/product3.asp?cat1=1&cat2=4&pid=1
And
IF Cross
(Full sized 700c bike that folds small and rolls)
http://www.pacific-cycles.com/product3.asp?cat1=1&cat2=4&pid=3
By: pacific-cycles.com
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Thanks Mark, We did cover their early prototypes here.