I think using the weight as standard will be good, ideally it should be as light as possible.
Anything less than 13kg is great, 14 or 15kg is not that good (on the exception of dahon steel bike)
Normally the quality of bike is assured when they willing to use lighter frame quality.

Then try fold the bike yourself, see how easy to fold, and you see all kind of quality issue when you fold it(the joint, the hinge, the loosing part).

So then we will eliminate the influence of selling price and brands and able to make good judgement .

This post has been edited by ssyycc: Nov 16 2015, 12:08 PM

Thanks.. I was wondering if anyone has a trs buddy system foldie and what do you think about it? It is 500++.

Friends kept recommending me xds and dahon for foldie but I'm not too sure if I should spend that much for a beginner doing leisure city cycling. May be even using a steel bike non foldie is enough

go to the bike shop to check out this trs bike, the seat post seems difficult to lower, other budget bike seat post can lower easily
like the oscar imagine...

Hmm just now went to another shop they introduced me the volcano brand.. Seems quite good for the price it has suspension/discbrake/ shinamo gears also Anyone heard of this brand? Way cheaper than xds

Also , shop mentions foldies cannot go off road is that true ah? Not even more expensive ones meh

If RM500 is your strict budget, ( I usually don't encourage but in this case, I will ) go for the Oscar Imagine. They have since progress quite a lot since 3 years ago. Another brand about the price range is Garion. Get the alloy units and try to avoid the hi-ten steel units. But to be fair, it takes a lot of care and even that they won't stay at the same quality for long. After a while many components will bet a bit rattling. But by that time, you will be able to access if you are really into cycling.

Thanks sifu. Do you mean if more expensive ones won't rattle as fast? If I go for non foldie within that price range all problem solve right ?

Yes 500 buy a MTB, will not have any issue at all.

Yes 500 buy a MTB, will not have any issue at all.

Anyone here using FnHon frame ? Thinking of buying one to built my own foldy.
Any particular model to recommend ?

Fny.Hon is the same people who are contracted to build Dahon's frame, only without the warranty. It;s quite good actually. Customizing is very expensive but you are getting what you atually wanted without wasting un=used parts later. FnHon has most of Dahon's design, only size is what you need to consider. 14, 16, 18 or 20 inch?

Pls let me know if you need this, Thanks!

There's KHS F20 T3 used foldie for sale in BBS. The price is quit reasonable. I wonder why there are no takers! This once bought, needs no modification as it comes original with 30 speed! And it is constructed with high quality Reynolds chromoly steel. Also modded to 451 wheelset. Just informing guys/gals in here of the bargain.

Size referring to wheel size ? Looking at 20 inch model. Dahon Speed frame is good but quite old




Tern Verge and Dahon Vigor P9 frame is it the same ?

fnhon tornado

The frame looks like tern verge

fnhon tornado

The frame looks like tern verge

Nope, the Tern Verge is a design taken from Dahon during the split. SO it is an old model Dahon Vector which Dahon gave up and the they redesign another Vector and the Vigor is the product. The 9 speed is called the Vigor but the 20 speed and above is called the Vector. The bottom picture is the old, old Dahon Vector.

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Foldie and me.

Nice X20

Just now aeon penang had some bicycle fair most of it is 'Harris' brand.. Interestingly their rm299 foldies are labeled with 'do not ride in mountain' and also 'do not ride on street'.

Lol, like that sub 300 range can only ride around home ah?

And you would have thrown away rm299!