A-Bike & Strida Folding Bikes Tested

A-Bike and Strida3 go head to head on UK's Gadget show TV. Strida now has several new versions Strida5 and Strida Mini, with improvements, gears, etc. The A-Bike has been improved to A-Bike Plus. More info see www.strida.com & www.a-bike.co.uk

Originally screened on Channel5, UK. Content broadcast by North One TV (before they kept recordings and put on line themselves).

For later Gadget Show/North One TV videos please see the new Youtube Gadget show channel .. http://www.youtube.com/user/thegadgetshow#p/a

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Strida
• A-Bike
• Folding bike
• Bicycle
• Brompton
• Swiss-bike
• Dahon
• Mark Sanders
• Gadget-show

[sk8erboi600]

The advantage of the Strida is it rolls when folded - so you never have to carry it, also the efficient belt drive means no oil or grease. Dahon make great bikes and one day they will add these features too.

[SatanSucks]

@sk8erboi600

Guess what, now, two years later, they do! :P

[sk8erboi600]

@SatanSucks .. Really ? ..... I've seen Dahons Chain protector - like were used to use on kids bikes and BMX bikes about 20 yrs ago. But not seen belt drive (at least not on production bikes). Making Dahon bikes (and the many look-a-likes) 'roll when folded', would be much easier if the wheels came together when folded, and they had a suitable handle to hold.

[upajos]

After watching a young man on a "Razor"-type scooter go sprawling in middle of the street during our Independence Day parade here when the front wheel hit a rather small hole in the pavment, I think I'd choose the larger wheels of the Strida, even if it weighs a bit more.

[highway6southbound]

can you park on a handicapped space if you have a lisp?

[bergokbesak]

i think strida will be more usefull in road, because the body is totally and really same with normal bike, but a-bike it's like otopet because the wheels is so small and the speed is more slowly tha strida. however, the basic function from the bike is make it easy as transportation and make it time be more effective. :)

[WindowsSoftwareDe]

the guy with the not available hairs looks like the guy from six flag advertisment ;)

[OldmanMaestro]

gonna get one.

[mizattan]

Al parecer es mas comoda la bicicleta Strida ya que A-bike tiene problemas con los lomos o con las subidas por el tamaño des sus ruedas, en cambio Strida se asemeja mas a una bicicleta convencional... Por ahora me quedo con Strida

[milkkart]

@daedalx no its a different guy but they are eerily simiar aren't they? i swear when they want to move the format onto a new subject they just clone up a new set of presenters.

[1982FMJ]

i want a bike that will keep me dry in wet weather.

[74orangebeetle]

Audio is a few seconds off...

[pubtor]

wow things used to be so much cheaper