Folders! Foldable bicycles, minivelos and demontables

sunympholepsy said:
Got chatting to a random bloke on one of these (Helix Titanium) the other day:
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I’ve heard about them before but never seen one in the flesh until now. It looked well made, and possibly fun to ride. Canadian made with 24 inch wheels, titanium frame, lefty etc.
Apologies if it’s already been posted up the thread!
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novocaine said:
well it's a first for me if it has been posted before. A folding fork is an very unusual idea. lots of interesting ideas on it, including QR pedals.

I was really confused about the folding as the wheels couldn't fold past the frame, so I've had to google. both the front and the rear (at the pivot) slide about 2" sideways to clear the frame. That's crazy and also clever, but mainly crazy.

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That's genius, and beautiful to look at.

The utlralight with 12 speed SRAM weighs 9.2kg and costs about £4k.

https://helix.ca/store/product/?productID=1
 
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bikeworkshop said:
I've just bought this now I have my Fekin bus pass😑:
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I've had a few before, struck me as the nicest smallish folder.
Cheaper than a new Moulton.
Cheaper than trade anything worth owning.
If I get thrown off the Newport bus, I'll just sell it in the shop, there's a reasonable market for decent folders from people who don't want to pay over 1k for a brompton mud-anchor.🤣
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Airnimal sadly being returned, due to massive stress marks and bendy tubes: IMG_20250913_194023.webp
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This is on the underside, the join between the main frame tube and the downtube🙄
I suspect some kiddy has tackled some huge drop-offs with it.
 
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