Most people who need to buy very cheap bike are too shy to ask. I really don't agree cycling must be expensive. Cheap got cheap play, opulent got opulent play.
Peer pressure is such a big bull crap that I am too lazy to address... Hobby bah, like you play, don't like don't play. Nobody should impose a stereotype on this lovely activity.

30+ years ago I also don't know how to weld. 45 years ago I also don't know how to ride bike...

Birdy, bike Friday common variety? Phew… it's like saying buying a TIG welding set is expensive.

What info does one need on cheap bikes ?   Prices, brands..........quality is not a question , right?  Servicing their health means you change their components to better ones, maybe some good used units. If everyone do what you do, there won't be any used good units for sale either, right? That also starts with a good frame and usually that's not cheap either. There's a brand called Cobra from Indonesia, priced only at RM320.00. Frame is aluminium and size and design is exactly like the Dahon Speed. I repainted that before. I shodded it with all my best stuffs  and when I ride, it's terrible, totally different feel. Why? I don't know and can't explain either. Most probably the geometry but the design and size is the same  Maybe it needs to have cheap components too...hahahaaa.

riding a folding bike give u less headache, less mental torcher. why? coz if u cycling for a long distance and annything happen to ur bike u can jump on a pulic transport.

rb?hahaha i had expirience being left on bigger and faster peloton (yeah, that time i was too slow to catchup with the peloton). and to add up some spice, both of my tyre flat out that time and need to walk around 10km before rescue came. i try to take bus, but the bus driver wont let me in with the bike.

i had cycled from ipoh to tg malim with folding bike in touring speed alone. i started 10am and arrived at tg malim around 5.00pm. its getting late to cycling back to ipoh that time, so i take ets back to ipoh without any problem.

one bike are enough?hahaha.. that is a myth i can say. when u know whats ur need, later u will add more than one bike to fullfill ur needs.

spam one pix lah. saw many discussion only text without any picture.

Moulton are meant for 40kmh.
Seriously, why would anyone expect a foldie to do everything a RB cando (and better) but nobody expect to fold a RB?

that part i will never dispute, some folding rider is faster than road rider.
but at equal wattage equal cadence,equal gears, road bike 700c will be faster.
so what i did was taking advantage of this as i am not a powerful rider, road give me easier ride easier effort.