Feedback on a folding fixie

Hey everyone!

We have been developing a new folding fixie. We are looking for feedback. And now in the spring we are looking for test drivers, anyone living in Europe here since we are going on an exhibition and Europe tour this spring.

More info can be find on fubifixie.com

Thanks,

/Zak

This appears to miss most of the benefits of folding bikes. It is too big to take on London Underground or in the carriage of UK trains. So it is a structurally weakened frame and the folding aspect serves no purpose.

Utter bobbins

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Don't hold back James...

What's the advantage over a normal folder?

I like how it still completely fills the boot of a car, not much more compact than a regular frame with the front wheel taken off. There's a reason full size folders aren't popular compared to smaller wheeled designs - no matter how much you fold them they'll still be at least as big as the wheels which is awkward as fuck.
Not really sure who/why anyone would actually want this.
Also, dat chain and dat saddle angle on the promo pictures kills it dead to anyone that a actually rides bikes.

As James says, bobbins.

It also looks terrible

flats can make storing a normal bike impractical - but I guess a Brompton or airnimal type thing would be better than a folding 700c fixed bike.

Fuck it is ugly, and that saddle angle says it all.

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It probably weighs a ton, not something you'd want to lug up the stairs any way.

We have been developing a new folding fixie...

Already exist, and it wasn't really popular;

flats can make storing a normal bike impractical.

Those small wheels 20" mini velo however ugly they are, are pretty good for this.

The only folding fixed I would ever have

There's a couple of folders like Dahons, Birdys and Bromptons which have been hacked into fixed wheel bikes. It shows that you can retain that style, design quality and benefit of a small wheel folding bike and still go fixed. To me that would be the logical starting point if you wanted to put a folding fixie into OTP ready production. This just looks like taking old frames and chucking in a hinge mechanism.

If you just want to fit a full sized frame in a car then take the wheels off. If your life is that rushed that you can't spend a couple of minutes popping some wheels in then riding fixed wheel isn't going help you avoid your imminent stroke/massive coronary event.

I'm not a big fan of James' brusque critical style but to give him his due, he is pretty much bang on the money.

Now that is rad. But I see a chain tensioner...

Unless you get the pivot point around the BB you can't really run it fixed without some sort of compromise, right?

The only folding fixed I would ever have

Ahem! Made in LFGSS too!

How did I ever not know about this?! Might have to start saving....

looks like someone at homebase has grafted a cheap deckchair onto the back of a bike. Industrial doesn't even cover it-and looking at the pics makes me suspect it will ride like a fucked sun lounger also.

But glws, etc. I guess it's cheaper than s+s couplings, even if nowhere near as attractive or able to retain the performance/function of a normal bike, and you could take it on holiday pretty easy-I just wouldn't want to ride something like that on a daily basis.

does it barspin?

it will ride like a fucked sun lounger

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The guy who put it together (he's on here somewhere), said the chain tensioner takes care of the slack, although you do lose some of the responsiveness of a regular fixed set-up.

Rotate handlebar, lower saddle and removed the front wheel.

... and the slack only occurs when the bike is folded. Whilst riding, there is no slack.

Cool. Is that yours?

The Kansi folder managed being small while maintaining chain tension, which would be perfect for a fixed folder. Sadly the manufacturing quality was apparently crap. But the idea was better.