Let's say you ride the 20" and your rb 700c (same weight) for the same cadence and gear ratio. Of course ler the bigger diameter wheels will travel further and faster.

If you can accept big fold size, go for the biggest wheel (assuming that speed is your main priority). Many of foldies' owner would prefer a smaller fold size though. For the obvious reasons. portability and space.

Short answer, Yes. All you need is the FD, adapters, chainring (or crankset) and shifter (and cable housing)

9-10 speed cassette, no problemo. 11 speed, u need 11 speed freehub. Either it's Rb/foldies/mtb, when dealing with groupsets, it's just similar procedure.

My lbs got. Driveline. 130 bcd. My friend use 60-53, climb fraser oso can.

Or u can search seller name dale on bbs.

This post has been edited by fatani: Mar 29 2019, 10:33 AM

I think i have wrote this before.

Let's take 2 chromoly frames.

Frame 1 : Dahon Speed

Frame 2 : Java Ira

Given both are chromoly, sensibly both should have similar riding feeling right? No. The geometry plays a big part too. If one to test both of them, one would feel more nimble and thr other would feel more comfy.

TBH, the difference in ride feel/quality/handling between my aluminium folding bike and the java ira is not too much to be noticeable (at least for me). But the dahon speed ride feel/quality and comfort is in a league of it's own. It is heavier though.

Yes sifu, i compared it stock against stock, since that's what people gonna get from the LBS anyway. No dispute on the tyre width there. Wider tyres provides more comfort. But having said that, my aluminium fb that has the same tyre width with the ira ride feel is almost similar. So..


SELAMAT HARI RAYA MAAF ZAHIR BATIN.

This post has been edited by fatani: Jun 4 2019, 06:48 PM

Regarding the gearing, For climbing, It's not the number of gears that matters. It's a matter how big your largest cog is and how small your chainring is.

that looks like a short cage rd.

for rd, you could search for altus rd, a bit cheaper than a tiagra, same cable pull ratio with tiagra 4600. well i dunno what shifter do you use so dont really know what is compatible. tiagra 4700 mid cage rd can accommodate up to 36t cassette, although recommended til 34t. i personally would rather invest on a long cage rd than adding a goatlink. it's still scary to me seeing the ss rd on big-big combo even with a goatlink (i know it's not recommended, but hey, sometimes it happens)

if your spouse is santai2 kayuh type, just change to 39t chainring saja. no need headache lahh. keep the rd and chain. my waifu also use this chainring ALL THE TIME, eventhough it's a double chainring bike . normally crankset that is installed on the most fb came with 130 bcd.

8 speed Altus rd with 4600 shifter below

u dont say



56-44 on 17% grad no prob..

This post has been edited by fatani: Oct 5 2020, 08:40 AM

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