Bike Friday Folding Bicycles - How Fast Are They?

The Bike Friday New World Tourist is a folding bicycle capable of world travel. The folding characteristics of the bike enable it to be checked as regular baggage with most international airlines - thereby eliminated the excess baggage fees that are usually required when flying a full-size bicycle. The Bike Friday New World Tourist is a great little bike for fully-loaded bicycle touring, but how does the small wheel size affect the overall speed and handling of the bicycle itself? Watch this short video and discover the answer for yourself!

Learn more about bicycle touring at: http://www.bicycletouringpro.com

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[wilkbor]

I test rode a BIke Friday and was generally impressed with how it handled. It was every bit as fast as a regular road bike and felt similar. There were a couple of differences. The wheelbase seemed a little shorter than most other road bikes, which made it very maneuverable at slow speeds (much more so than a regular road bike), but slightly less stable at high speeds. In general, I was impressed but not enough to buy one.

[Douger4u777]

I'll keep my comfort bike and touring bike. The folding bikes are fine for some, I wouldn't feel safe riding in all this traffic here.....