Can anyone recommend a budget priced Folding Mountain Bike?

Cross posted to uk.rec.cycling because people on there probably know a lot 
more about folding bikes than do most caravanners. Follow-up set to 
uk.rec.caravanning ...

"Capt T"  wrote in news:48307153$1_1@mk-nntp-
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> Can anyone recommend a budget priced Folding Mountain Bike? 

Depends what you want the MTB for, why you want a folder, and what you 
consider to be "budget priced".

If the MTB is for more than the odd forestry gravel track, I wouldn't get a 
cheap folder (because it might fold when I didn't want it to). Dahon do 
some nice folders, but they are not what I expect you'd call "budget-
priced".

If you only want a folder to get it inside a caravan, and have ten minutes 
assembly time once you're on site, you could take the wheels off, turn the 
handlebars, collapse the seatpost, remove the pedals, and then cover the 
transmission to protect the caravan furnishings. Of course, if you want to 
carry the bike around (say, on a train), partial dismantling isn't an 
option.

However, I'm hoping that someone on uk.rec.cycling can come up with much 
better advice than I can give.

Geoff

"Geoff Lane" <geoff@nospam.invalid> wrote in message 
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> Cross posted to uk.rec.cycling because people on there probably know a lot
> more about folding bikes than do most caravanners. Follow-up set to
> uk.rec.caravanning ...
>
> "Capt T"  wrote in news:48307153$1_1@mk-nntp-
> 2.news.uk.tiscali.com:
>
>> Can anyone recommend a budget priced Folding Mountain Bike?
>
> Depends what you want the MTB for, why you want a folder, and what you
> consider to be "budget priced".
>
> If the MTB is for more than the odd forestry gravel track, I wouldn't get 
> a
> cheap folder (because it might fold when I didn't want it to). Dahon do
> some nice folders, but they are not what I expect you'd call "budget-
> priced".

> However, I'm hoping that someone on uk.rec.cycling can come up with much
> better advice than I can give.
>
> Geoff

A quick Google for folding mountain bike yielded this as a first link
http://campervanaccessories.co.uk/space-saving-folding-mountain-bike-image-p-172.html

I wouldnt trust it as there's too many features for its paltry price of £129

It is a cheap and nasty bike with a hinge and full suspension.  It might 
just fold when you least expect it.

I've looked at some of the other offerings and would not recommend them to 
anyone I liked...

I do not think that there's such as thing as a budget priced /durable/ 
folding mountain bike.

Thanks Geoff will refer accross to uk rec cycling.
My thoughts are for a muck about bike , not serious, that i could sling in 
the boot drive to out town parking say and cycle to city centres or as you 
say a pleasant cycle through a wood on a gravel footpath. You see sometimes 
offers in mags or large shops for such things.

The small wheeled ones of which there are plenty feel very unsteady to me 
and a bit too flexible.
Tks Andy

"Capt T"  wrote in message 
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> Thanks Geoff will refer accross to uk rec cycling.
> My thoughts are for a muck about bike , not serious, that i could sling in 
> the boot drive to out town parking say and cycle to city centres or as you 
> say a pleasant cycle through a wood on a gravel footpath. You see 
> sometimes offers in mags or large shops for such things.
>
> The small wheeled ones of which there are plenty feel very unsteady to me 
> and a bit too flexible.


And you'd feel every bump. the bigger the wheels the smoother the ride - 
that's why we still haven't acquired any folding bikes :-(

Mary