[Leica] Biking for wimps

[Douglas Barry]

That is a lovely bike, Dan, but I won't be racking up more than 5 
kilometres at a time on the folder, so it's hard to justify a new Mu Ex. 
If I'm going any distance, I'll be using one of the other bikes I have.

My main issue is my current knee problems, so I've been using my 18 year 
old folder to get downhill to the train, and then use it again at the 
other end. However, because of its weight, it's a PITA crossing railway 
bridges, so a basic lightweight Dahon should do. I've spotted an ad for 
a secondhand Dahon Vitesse 8 here in Dublin, and I may go for that. A 
couple of days ago I was down in the local supermarket shopping for 
food, and there was a girl pushing a folded up Brompton around while she 
too shopped for food. I asked her could I see just how heavy it was and 
lifted it up. Compared to my folder, it was as light as a feather.

Douglas


On 14/06/2017 23:18, D Khong wrote:
> Doug
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> I have two, one of which I modified into a touring bike. My favourite for road cycling is this black beauty, Dahon mu Ex.
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> http://my.togoparts.com/items/images/item-lg-32369.jpg
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> Dan K.
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> Sent from my iPad
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>> On 14 Jun 2017, at 11:04 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
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>> Yes Dan, I had seen reviews on Dahons, but I've never seen an actual one over here in Ireland. Must make it my business to do so. What model have you? You should stick a photo of it up on the Lug gallery.
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>> Douglas
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>>> On 13/06/2017 02:01, D Khong wrote:
>>> Doug
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>>> While checking out foldies, have a look at the much lighter makes. I have a Dahon which is 8.3kg and that lightness actually made me decide against the Brompton. There is now a Brompton look alike, made by MIT, which is better constructed marketed at half the price. This one is giving the Bromptons a run for their money.
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>>> Dan K.
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>>> Sent from my iPad
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>>>>> On 13 Jun 2017, at 8:24 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
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>>>>> On 12/06/2017 22:01, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
>>>>> Eighty five kilometers is a distance for wimps. I regularly biked far more than that. See these  images in the LUG Gallery.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/National+Century+1990.JPG.html
>>>>>
>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Biking+at+Perkins+Peak.jpg.html
>>>>> (this was my biking companion - not me)
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>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Larry+biking+at+Croton+Dam.jpg.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Incidentally 100 miles is about 161 km.
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>>>>> Disclaimer: Of course I don't do those distances now. I promised my wife I would stop biking long trips when I hit 80.
>>>>> As a result I have six bicycles in my garage rusting away. My only grandson still uses training wheels.
>>>>>
>>>>> Larry Z
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>>>> Are you sure you didn't just take that bike out of the boot (trunk) of your car for a staged photo, Larry :-)
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>>>> Well, I did get in a small cycle to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the bicycle today, but my max distance on a training run when I was doing triathlons was 150 miles or 241k. However, I only did that distance twice. Most of the time they were hilly 60 mile cycles. I must retrace some of my old routes to see what the total climbs were, so I should get one of those Garmins.
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>>>> I too have a load of bikes - eight in all, but three of those are used by my sons, even though one of those has two bikes of his own. I still have my Mercian Superlight racer which I'm going to hang onto as it's a gorgeous piece of kit. I'm going to sell three of the others over the next couple of months including a heavy folder which weighs as much as a garden gate. I'm going to buy a Brompton folder instead, as it's much lighter.
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>>>> Douglas
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