Hi, i am planning to start riding foldies and i am considering between these :

1. Raleigh ugo, or

2. Mongoose foldie (http://www.mudah.my/Mongoose+lightweigh+folding+bike+-24432072.htm?last=1)

Appreciate your input. I am 90kg. Would my weight spoil this mongoose foldie's thin wheels?

thanks for input. another one to survey.

**update 06/01/14 1.20pm** etigge

just checked dahon bikes... priced out of my intended budget... which is about RM800 and below. Raleigh ugo were priced at RM750.

Since u mentioned KHS, i saw this : http://www.bicyclebuysell.com/item/225168/...hs-folding-bike

What do you think?



This post has been edited by andrewhtf: Jan 6 2014, 01:16 PM

How was the weight? It looked light to me but i havent have time to go down to dengkil yet.

Am looking forward to buy a foldie for that ocbc cycling event soon. Teman wife punya pasal. Sigh...

Yes bang. lama dah tak dengar khabar. your username is something i have not seen for quite some time. How are you lately?

I go motorbiking, my wife go cycling. now she bising want me to start cycling because of my increasing wasitline, which think i shud do something about it too. hence a small bicycle to get some sweat flowing.

This post has been edited by andrewhtf: Jan 6 2014, 01:36 PM

Which? the old SpitfireBikers or that short-lived Renegades that i made?

Abang riding bicycles too?

Over budget bang. Bicycle pun only bcoz of wife. My heart still on motorcycle.

huh? a foldie with front susp? how did you do that? can it be modded into ALL foldies? because if can, i will seriously consider doing it!

etigge
i am almost decided to go with Ugo, plainly because i dont know how long i can keep up in this cycling activity whether this interest will last long or not so i dont want to put too much initial investment. if only i got hooked then i will splurge on a dahon mu p28 but for starters, i guess a cheap but trusted option (ugo) will do.

until i bumped into this. http://www.mudah.my/Trix+FA2007+ALLOY+Fold...al-24363971.htm

between this or Ugo, whats your take?

Ok great, ugo it is then. Theres a seller in kajang (bicycle malaysia) posted advert in bbs selling ugo for rm750.

She has a java fit. I am fine with small bikes mainly i dont plan on riding fast and yes the main purpose is to get me sweating and exercising, so even if the bike is heavy and i had to ride harder than a 26" mtb or 29" roadie, so be it.. Plus as added benefit when i get slimmer and reduce my body weight, the power to weight ratio on the bike improves too

Haha... Thats why lor... I ride big bikes also for traveling trips and MAKAN.
So i thought join some bicycle groups to go ride and MAKAN also

Just like some hashers. After run go drink alcohol. Lol.

Hooray, i've bought it!


however after a short ride, suddenly i feel like i would run out of gears very fast on a flat road cruise or a downward slope. But for now, it should suffice.

By the way i kinda hate the plastic foldable pedal. No doubt it is good when folding the bike for storage/transport but the pedal felt flimsy and wobbly. Anyone has extra, unused and unitilised metal pedal willing to donate?

This post has been edited by andrewhtf: Jan 13 2014, 01:51 PM

Havent seen or tested the cronus, but my wife has a java fit and i think that it is quite a good foldie.. Bought it 2 years ago, old model (non-sealed bearing) at closeout for only rm1.4k.

Boleh bang. But let me train my stamina first. Yesterday i pancit after 1km continuous pedalling.


Haha, that was because i asked if anyone willing to donate their unused non-foldable pedals ma...

murah2 pun boleh bang.

Am joining ocbc comunity ride this coming sunday. Anyone else here riding?

Wife punya pasal lah....

Easy to transport. No need set up hooks and carriers. Just fold and dump in the back seat. Plus somehow foldies are slightly easier to ride than a regular MTB since everything is smaller in proportion. Sometime i do wish i have bought that hybrid touring cycle at gainway klang but when i thought about transporting it, ah foldies je lah...

Hooray, done ocbc community ride 1 loop today... Total 13km within 1.5hours, instead of the 2-loops 24km, because we were riding slow and by the time we reach back dataran, we were ushered back to the finishing line instead of continuing the loop. Aiyak... So cannot consider successfully completed it lah... Wife tarik muka masam because of the short distance wat to do, i am newbie mah...

That 3 uphill slopes at the start is enough to make my legs go jelly, even with the lowest gear. But i realy liked the fast downhill ride towards the mall pwtc, mainly because i am used to fast genting downhill on my motorcycle, so downhill is the only time i am faster than my wife But enough to say that i felt riding my Ugo felt better than riding my wife's Fit. Thanks to etiigge for enforcing my decision. Plus i had swapped that wobbly fold pedal to a zeray earth pedal just last night, the feeling is much more stable and easier to step on.



Finally, i have realised today that looking at pretty chick's butt while cycling is a great motivator to keep on pedalling.

This post has been edited by andrewhtf: Jan 19 2014, 09:09 PM

Uh...shhhh...!

She's not on LYN

Storied in my first paragraph, i was slow

Late half hour? As in the corp challenge session? I was late for the community ride. As i came down from the train at 8.45am and rode towards dataran, the first wave already jalan and i joined 2nd wave punya rear end.

What do u mean by ghost ride? Mean join in the ride without paying lah? If like that then i think i saw a few ghost riders today. Tarak bib numbers, just jerseys. Anyway the guy who sold me the zeray pedal joined the corp challenge and he told me that he and his bunch would usually find a mamak somewhere drink tea makan breakfast and when time is almost up, only pedal back for the finishing. True enough when i was passing dang wangi, plenty of cyclists in one mamak shop there lol.

well, i am still new in cycling. (cycling during my school years doesnt count) so OCBC's was my first ride event. let it sink in for a while before i find what my real cycling interests are. heck i dont even know if this will be a long time thing or not

just like my motorcycling hobby, when i first picked up big biking, i always loved to join in big rides, big convoys and big events. now fast forward a few years later i found that all these are not my interest and i ride mostly alone or with only a few close friends, sometimes a weekend hooligan and sometimes a foodie.

memorabilia, yeah i really dont know what i want to do with that medal thing. keep, it becomes another rubbish in the house. throw, is like wasting resources and adding up to the dumpster. at least i can wear the t-shirt though. hahah