Since i have mod powers i am just going to try this.
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Just a test balloon to see if this will get used. Do you think it is a good idea?
I have a Brompton, took it from my mother since she didn’t use it. It looks like it folds smaller, but yours looks pretty small folding too. I think it is comfortable and fun to ride, i just kinda feel it is a bit more “dangerous” to ride a small wheeled bike like that, although nothing bad ever happened.
There are certainly a bunch of Brompton fans happily touring with it. My father (82) is also a Brompton fan, he rides it everyday while his “regular” bike is collecting dust for decades now.
Personally, i use it only for getting by train and bike to work, for every other use case i would rather take one of my other bikes.
This is my first folding bike so I am still getting used to how it rides compared to my regular bikes. My plan of taking it on the train to go on a vacation is really what spurred the purchase. I think this bike will be perfect for that and then travelling around wherever I get off the train, or throwing in my trunk and just randomly driving to a small town, pulling it out and riding around exploring. Not sure if that qualifies as touring, but I have wanted to take a full on, stop working, just get out and ride bike tour for decades. Maybe this will help me get closer to that goal.