Help!

I need one, the cheaper the better. Electric, Pedal, Gas is fine. I just want it SMALL. I need it to go about 1/2 a mile at a time. And it has to fit in the boot of my Mini.

Thanks!

-Jim

 

Well, I can probably make you drool with a few pics, but don't know if my info will be of any help.

I have a great little folding bike:



that is perfect for the MINI boot:






but I have no idea where and how you could get one.
My sister gave it to me. She won it at a raffle at some medical conference in Finland. As you can see in the following image, it has a Baxter logo on it. Baxter manufactures some medical gear and sponsored the raffle:



At the front, the Bike has a FUJI logo, my guess is that is FUJI heavy industries (mother company of Subaru), and so I think the bike is made in Japan.

That's all I can say. The bike only has 1 gear, and I am looking into ways to add gearing to it, but that is complicated. One mod I am considering is adding a geared crankshaft made by Schlumpf in Switzerland:
Schlumpf Innovations, Switzerland
a wonderful piece of engineering. They offer 2 types of geared cranks: a reduction crank and an 'advance crank', but these cranks are very pricey (about US$300).

Sorry I can't be of more help!

Cheers,
Markus

 

Try Bike Friday or Moulton...

A Moulton would be ideal (but $$) because the suspension on the Moult was disigne by Sir Walter Ignosiss...?? oh heck you know what I mean, the designer of the original Mini (I am in no mood to spell this morning!). Moultons are sweet bikes - do a web search.

The Bike Friday's are cheaper

Just do a Google search for either of the above... I'll post some web sites if I find them later

 

There bikes are for commuters. They fit in buses or trains and you can pop them out of your car and bike to where you need to be and fold them up then bring them out on the other side like an urban area where there is expensive parking or no other place to easily park.

These days the scooters and roller blades can also work if the distance is not too long.

Nice looking Bike. Great photos. Thanks for posting. I thought it was going to be an announcement for MINI brand bikes.
I was in the HONDA showroom and they have motorized bikes- bulky and don't fold-bigger than a MINI.

 

DAMN!! The chain ring on that thing is huuuuge

 

Markus,

Your pictures seem to have disappeared! What happened?

John


>>Well, I can probably make you drool with a few pics, but don't know if my info will be of any help.
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>>I have a great little folding bike:
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>>that is perfect for the MINI boot:
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>>but I have no idea where and how you could get one.
>>My sister gave it to me. She won it at a raffle at some medical conference in Finland. As you can see in the following image, it has a Baxter logo on it. Baxter manufactures some medical gear and sponsored the raffle:
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>>At the front, the Bike has a FUJI logo, my guess is that is FUJI heavy industries (mother company of Subaru), and so I think the bike is made in Japan.
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>>That's all I can say. The bike only has 1 gear, and I am looking into ways to add gearing to it, but that is complicated. One mod I am considering is adding a geared crankshaft made by Schlumpf in Switzerland:
>>Schlumpf Innovations, Switzerland
>>a wonderful piece of engineering. They offer 2 types of geared cranks: a reduction crank and an 'advance crank', but these cranks are very pricey (about US$300).
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>>Sorry I can't be of more help!
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>>Cheers,
>>Markus

 

>>Help!
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>>I need one, the cheaper the better. Electric, Pedal, Gas is fine. I just want it SMALL. I need it to go about 1/2 a mile at a time. And it has to fit in the boot of my Mini.
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>>Thanks!
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>>-Jim

Here is a webpage that has 8 links to folding bike manufactures. A search on the internet will yield many, many more. Four of the best sellers are DaHon, Bike Friday, Moulton and Brompton. Happy hunting!
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/1634/fold.htm

 

Hi, I lived on a sailboat for over 25 years and lots of us cruiser types used the Dahon folding bike. It's about $300 bucks or so. The small one with the 16" wheels may even fit in the back of the MINI without folding down the rear seats.
(Keep in mind some of the folding bikes are really pricey, like Bike Friday.
They can run a couple of thousand bucks or more!)

So if you just want to commute around cheaply, I'd check out West Marine. I believe they still sell the Dahon.
You won't need the all stainless model, the regular one should suffice.
Here's a link to Dahon Bike

Hope this helps,

Yfoiler