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Folding Bicycles v4 - Not only Folding Bikes, Folding bicycle discussion
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adrive
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 Nov 14 2015, 05:39 PM
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Hi guys, after almost 20 years didn't ride a bicycle , now wanna get back to it but I was never really into its technical aspects. What would be a good one below rm500? Is shinamo gears a must ? i saw one frs/trs brand with shinamo gears for 550 (foldable) while others china brand can go below that maybe 300. I was wondering if I should go for cheaper one since that brand also seems fake brand anyways. I imagine the use case would be for leisure but sometimes might wanna use it to work P/s I think it is the trs buddy bike http://bicyclebuysell.com/item/260796/trs-...-foldaber-bikesThis post has been edited by adrive: Nov 14 2015, 05:49 PM |
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adrive
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Nov 15 2015, 10:10 PM
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QUOTE(ssyycc @ Nov 15 2015, 08:58 PM) Cheap foldie is usually very heavy, and if you going to carry that often it will going to hurt your back. Regardless of the price, just make sure the bike is light and sturdy. i never rode on a foldie before but i read around and people are saying they're going to be wobbly unless i go for higher specs so at that price maybe i shouldn't even be looking at foldies right? i'm just wondering if these cheap foldies below rm500 will have the potential of its hinges suddenly snap or loose and make the bicycle split into 2??  |
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adrive
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Nov 16 2015, 01:58 PM
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QUOTE(desastar @ Nov 16 2015, 05:43 AM) All foldies with smaller wheels will feel wobbly until you get used to it. Once you are used to it, the big wheel bikes will feel heavy in the steering  Hinges breaking? Always possible with anything poorly made. If they can sell a bike under rm500, you can imagine what goes into the engineering and manufacturing. Something has to give. Check it out carefully and get feedback from other owners? 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 |
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adrive
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Nov 16 2015, 11:29 PM
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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
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adrive
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Nov 17 2015, 09:40 AM
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QUOTE(etigge @ Nov 17 2015, 01:47 AM) 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 ? |
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adrive
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Nov 17 2015, 11:15 PM
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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?
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adrive
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Nov 23 2015, 10:58 PM
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adrive
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Nov 24 2015, 07:42 AM
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QUOTE(H2D @ Nov 23 2015, 11:22 PM) ur bike? not bad the frame got visc gaya...  Friends.. Yeah looks cool but I thought normally Raleigh word should be capital letter |
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adrive
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Nov 25 2015, 06:28 PM
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QUOTE(H2D @ Nov 24 2015, 01:21 PM) 800++. Raleigh confirmed is their new 2016 model |
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