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While the folding bike concept is cool, and it's actually really handy to be able to take them on trains where a non-folding would be disallowed, and while they are also more convenient than a full size bike, they're still big and cumbersome when folded up.

I can take mine on the bus, but that wouldn't be my first choice. I can take a regular Lyft, but not a Lyft Line with it. (I mean I could, but that's a dick move.) You're "that guy" at the bar after work.

Like I said, I own one (well, a Dahon), and it's definitely useful, more convenient than a full size, non-folding bike, but it doesn't actually solve the issue, merely alleviates it somewhat.



Agree, you need something like the below to make it work, but it'd be a revolution in transport! http://www.bike-intermodal.eu/

Note that the A-bike falls into this territory, bar the tiny wheels http://www.abikecentral.com/index.html

Edit: I'd forgotten about another type, the monowheel, though they do require some skill: https://www.airwheel.net/home/product/X5


...and for normal bikes this would be a quick and easy win in many cities:

https://www.permaculture.co.uk/readers-solutions/public-tran...




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