Hi All, newbie here, just finish crawling thru the V2
looking for my 1st foldies, mainly for leisure/fun rides (hopefully can join gangs here one day
currently eyes on either Dahon Vybe C7A or Tern Link (TL) C7.
any one experience with them, appreciate your kind feedback, ie. build quality, maintenance, product issues(if any)...etc

Judang, how's ur TL C7 doing? will you recommend it to others.

etigee sifu, you mentioned D8 goes on 1.5k, that seriously make me reconsider on TL C7 (around 1.4K) vs the D8... mind to share more details.
beside the apparent gear differences, do they have the same frame? (I saw both on 6061-AL but FBL joint vs OCL, not sure what that means),
any others differences? which do you reckon good for starters ?

This post has been edited by ecneret: Nov 7 2013, 08:32 PM

thanks sifu etigge.
for time being, most likely to be one time buy (bumped D8 to top of my list now ; )

in fact, I do not have real preferences over Tern vs Dahon, both are good brand as I understand, will be happy with either 1.
does TL D8 directly rival Dahon Boardwalk D8 ? saw Dahon D8 has cheaper RRP (dearer to my kocek )
what's the pro & cons TL D8 vs Dahon D8 ?

sifu, UGPM

hi all, need help.



when folding my tern link C7, the 2 magnetic plates doesn't snap together well, it just about 5% touching, as per (a) in the photo

I've adjusted (b) to the max, however the 5% is the already the best.

any one experience same prob before? what's the resolution?

Thanks.

Didn't notice the bolt was actually not centered
btw, even after twisted it nearest to magnet, it improved slightly... around 10% now



After few trial-n-error, noticed when the handle post is upright (as attached), bolt & magnet manage to snap closely around 95%.... but once handle post is folded, it's again far apart
still trying to figure out what exactly the prob is...

yeehaaa !! finally manage to snap magnet & bolt about 90% (vs initially only 5%)



few fixes done:
a) prob spot: when the handle bar is aligned (parallel) with riders shoulder, the wheel is little bit senget, means bar vs wheel is not in sharp 90 degree. fixed with re-alignment of handle bar.
b) there's an optimum position for handle post while in fold mode. (digging some official photo from tern website + d/l the user manuals helps to find the optimum position)
c) as mbax suggested [ try adjust the handle when it is fold down ]


Thanks mbax ! it helps.


in fact, the bike is nice
in this case, user in-experiences (my 1st foldie ) has to take some blame
also the shop that doesn't able to advise me the optimum position during fold mode + handle bar is not fully aligned when setting up the bikes
shop even trying to justify the magnet issue "it's like that one... normally it's only about 10% snap, nothing much can be done....bla bla..."

This post has been edited by ecneret: Dec 6 2013, 11:29 PM

what helmet are you guys using now ?
looking for a decent one with reasonable price.

any idea where can I get the Biologic rack ?



a bike shop told me it's not sell separately...

recently, i've to press the rear brake quite hard (deep into riders position) on my TL C7...
i think this is adjustable (similar to motorbike), only question is where's the adjustment point ?
the highlighted red in below photo ?