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The new company has only the slightest connection with the old. I think a family member reviving the name.
These things ride surprisingly well if you can get past the springy handlebars.
Fold as small as a Brompton and a nicer package to carry.
Mine had ludicrously high gearing which combined with the lack of leverage on the bars made it no fun on any sort of hill. A bigger sprocket on the back solves that.
I wouldn’t mind a look at the instruction book if you don’t get any takers. Those are pretty rare and I don’t think anyone’s put it online that I’ve seen.
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I bought one on eBay a year or so ago, along with the bag and original manual. I may scan the manual and convert it to a .pdf when I get round to it. Mine is the no gear version, which I prefer, as its considerably lighter, which is the main attraction of the things. I know they get frequently maligned by cyclists who are comparing them to other bikes, but I don't think that's quite fare. It is more reasonable to compare them to having no bike, because that is the situation when I have come to appreciate that mine lives in the back of my van all the time and has given me the opportunity to accompany friends on a recreational ride or to reach a destination that I couldn't park for free anywhere near to.
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I’ve never seen these so looked them up. They still exist selling generic Dahon looking folders but there’s some heritage info on the website;
‘Harry Bickerton, having worked as an engineer at both Rolls Royce and Dehavilland, confronted with transport difficulties resulting from a driving ban’
He was obviously still drunk when he designed this bike.
Anyway, glws and the project in general.