[Leica] Biking for wimps

[dankhong at gmail.com (D Khong)]

Doug

I have two, one of which I modified into a touring bike. My favourite for 
road cycling is this black beauty, Dahon mu Ex.

http://my.togoparts.com/items/images/item-lg-32369.jpg

Dan K.




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> On 14 Jun 2017, at 11:04 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> Douglas
> 
> 
>> On 13/06/2017 02:01, D Khong wrote:
>> Doug
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> Dan K.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>>> On 13 Jun 2017, at 8:24 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 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)
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Larry+biking+at+Croton+Dam.jpg.html
>>>> 
>>>> Incidentally 100 miles is about 161 km.
>>>> 
>>>> 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 :-)
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> Douglas
>>> 
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