(Wowza, if this guy completes his proof of concept, it would rock the foldable bike world.) I just wanna jump in here, while our brains are thinking about fold

(Wowza, if this guy completes his proof of concept, it would rock the foldable bike world.) I just wanna jump in here, while our brains are thinking about foldable bikes, and say I have a foldable bike, and in less than 3 weeks it has already changed my life for the better. I don't even have the nicest foldable bike, and I'm not what you would call a bicycle enthusiast. I just completely get off on the extra independence the foldable bike gives me. Basically foldable bikes allow for a lot more spontaneity than regular bikes: * They are allowed ON Amtrak (US train system), like regular luggage. (If you have a full-sizes bike, you need to check to see if there is a special bike car, or worse, a box you need to use that requires removing some bike parts to make it fit.) * They are allowed on every public bus system that I've tried in Oregon and California. Usually buses make you put your bike on the rack in front (oh yeah, check to make sure your route HAS a rack, and there aren't special rules.) * They can easily fit into your friends' small cars without disassembly. * You can bike yourself to exhaustion without worry if you have the energy to make the round trip, just put bike on any of the methods of transportation listed above. * Depending on the bike you get, you can carry it into places that you'd never get away with. * (This one is good or bad, depending on how you look at it. I'm more introverted, so i wish it weren't so true.) Foldable are bikes are quite the conversation starter, young and old alike.