Comments on: Video: Three Weeks In Sri Lanka On Folding Bikes https://www.cyclingabout.com/video-sri-lanka-folding-bikes/ Bikepacking, Bicycle Touring, Equipment, Testing, Videos Wed, 27 Dec 2023 15:27:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Alee | CyclingAbout.com https://www.cyclingabout.com/video-sri-lanka-folding-bikes/#comment-3090 Sun, 19 Mar 2017 07:51:00 +0000 https://www.cyclingabout.com/?p=10559#comment-3090 In reply to Alex Lopez.

I’m glad you liked the video!

Regarding minivelo as a touring option, I’m not all that convinced. This is because the wheelbase is not much shorter than a regular bike. Comparing a 540mm top tube road bike with a 540mm top tube minivelo, the minivelo is actually 38mm longer. When we account for the wheel diameter, the minivelo has an advantage, but it’s only 88mm longer front and rear (or 69mm longer f+r with the longer wheelbase taken into account). That may be the perfect size reduction for elevators, but it would have a very minimal effect in terms of getting a bike on public transport. You really need a folding frame for that! 🙂

]]> By: Alex Lopez https://www.cyclingabout.com/video-sri-lanka-folding-bikes/#comment-3089 Sun, 19 Mar 2017 05:36:00 +0000 https://www.cyclingabout.com/?p=10559#comment-3089 What a great adventure! Watching the video, I thought about the mini-velo as a touring bike. Those are very popular in Japan and South Korea, and are essentialy a full-size bike with small wheels. That allows riders to have a posture that’s identical to a normal bike, a tough frame that’s very agile, and a contained size that is small enough it doesn’t require dismantling to fit in elevators, trains and buses.

Of course they won’t match the portability of a quick-folding Brompton (heck, no other bike can!) but it might be interesting to explore the idea. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/294f3a469d76139ec4ba79816a2a62b0cb0165b98d93e7fd9fd81d2961d5a4fa.jpg

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