This model is also a nice steel travel bike that uses Ritchey BAB technology for breaking down the bike for travel.
http://www.dahon.com/us/tournado.htm RS On Sep 23, 5:12 am, GeorgeS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for all the feed back. I contacted Jim Thill at Hiawatha > Cyclery and he was incredibly helpful. Provided me with the S&S link > (www.sandsmachine.com) which includes a very detailed description of > breaking down and packing a bike, recommened a number of tools to > carry and gave me some tips on dealing with the airline. I'm just not > used to getting that kind of help from the LBS's around here. Now > the only hurdle is my wife. I can hear it now. "You want ANOTHER > bike?" > > On Sep 23, 4:41 am, Angus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Unlike Fred, I only own two S&S coupled bikes. Rivendell All-Rounder > > and Santana Vision Tandem. > > > Like Fred, I agree that cable couplers are a distinct advantage. It > > is also no 5 minute job assembling or disassembling the bike. You end > > up with a "normal" bike. I also have a Brompton, very quick to fold/ > > un-fold, but not a "normal" bike. > > > Angus > > > On Sep 22, 5:17 pm, ItsFred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Please do not confuse an S&S coupled bike with a "folding bike" like a > > > Brompton - Bromptons, Birdies, and their ilk are highly compromised > > > commuter bikes that can be folded and unfolded in less than a minute. > > > That's the sort of bike where the wheels stay on. It takes me nearly > > > an hour to assemble my S&S coupled bikes! Packing it up is not so > > > quick either - I always clean the bike pretty thoroughly (why pack a > > > dirty bike), and wrap all the tubes and exposed bits in protective > > > covers. I remove the pedals AND cranks, chain, and lots of other bits > > > like bottle cages, etc. It's a job, but you wind up with a great bike > > > that fits in a suitcase. And by the way, cable couplers are easy to > > > install, easy to use, and make the job much less cumbersome - I can't > > > imagine speccing a packable bike without them. > > > > Fred Roses > > > (S&S-coupled Roark titanium road-sport, S&S-coupled Landshark stage- > > > racer, & S&S-coupled Bilenky tourer)- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
