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With the insanity of this transit strike, Gothamist can only wonder if more people will buy bikes, Rollerblades, scooters, and, yes, even skateboards and Segways. But the bike we think will get the biggest bump might be the Dahon Folding Bicycle. We spied someone riding one yesterday, and it is a perfect city bike for a subwayless commute, as it's fairly compact enough to store in the apartment and it's probably small enough to stow under your office desk. We're actually thinking of getting one and strapping a Go Bag to it, you know, for when the tsunami hits Manhattan.
Do you have a folding bike? What's it like?
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you can put your folding bike under your desk assuming your office building lets you bring it in the building! grrrrr
I've got a Montague folding bike that I adore beyond all reason. It's not as svelte as the Dahon, but it's nicely rigid and a good size for a 6'1" human.
Sadly, it's been a little too cold the last few days to consider riding it in to work, but that may just mean I'm a wimp.
I have a Speed P8 and I love it. I only have trouble on steep inclines.. (the Brooklyn Bridge included, sadly -- I am a weakling.) I've seen more Dahons on the streets in the past few days than I've ever seen before.
I don't really grasp why an office building would ban even folding bikes. Assuming you carry them in folded and never set it down, what's the difference between a Dahon and a suitcase?
I learned about carrying road bikes into Midtown office buildings on Tuesday, though. After being chased out of the lobby, I located the freight elevator and waited five minutes for it to arrive. As the operator opened the elevator doors and saw my bike, he said, "You know you gotta be out of the building by 5:30 with that, right?"
Bike in Midtown: best workday limiter ever.
I've got the P8 too and it rocks; light with good components. The only thing about it I would say is the short crank length and the steering can be weird (the folding nature makes it a little loose).
My building will not allow full size bikes in the elevator but DOES allow folding if carried folded.
My office mate used to ride his Dahon downtown to the office every day after taking it on the train to Grand Central from Long Island. He loved it.
For me, the downside was the b.o. that resulted from his commute.
I don't much like the compromised performance of folding bikes, but two to consider are the Bike Friday and the Strida. Neither folds as small as a Dahon, but the Friday rides as well as a regular bike and the Strida, besides having one of the easiest and fastest folding/unfolding procedures, also has few steel components to rust and weather resistant drum brakes.
I hope people will sell them cheap, now that the strike is over. The ch11 news had someone just buying one and was squirrelly riding around the store with it. What did she do when she got out? Hailed a cab to get it home.
my gf got a Brompton from nycewheels on the upper east side. she loves it and rides from Red Hook to Union Sq almost every day.
just be sure to have a light and wear reflective gear for the nighttime!
"You know you gotta be out of the building by 5:30 with that, right?"
Remind me why unions are a good thing. Please.