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Fall Folding Bike Rides Are The Best

October 12, 2010

I love riding in the fall. The air is cool even with the sun brightly shining. The leaves falling from the trees and whisking away as I pass make me smile for no reason. I can’t get enough it. This fall I’m going to try to get out of the city more often, especially now [...]

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Get Your Custom Brompton Bikes Fast!

July 9, 2010

Custom Brompton folding bike orders now take only 4 to 6 weeks! If you were thinking about placing an order for a custom Brompton, but were deterred by the 10-12 week wait time, now is a good time to order that bike! From my own personal experience, waiting 10 weeks for a Raw Lacquer bike [...]

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ALERT: Evidence of intelligent (alien) life appears at NYCeWheels

June 28, 2010

What is it? Where did it come from? And most importantly, can I ride it? A mysterious new electric folding bike has appeared on our shop floor. I should have known I couldn’t go away on a vacation without some strange surprise awaiting me upon my return. Last time it was the IF Reach DC [...]

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Dahon Vitesse in Japan

June 24, 2010

Will just got a Dahon Vitesse folding bike and rode it around Japan. You think the folding bike craze is big here in the US? You should see how much they love the small-wheeled wonders over there. It’s practically on par with Hello Kitty. Here’s Will in front of the Tokyo Tower with his Dahon [...]

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Titanium Birdy Folding Bike

June 18, 2010

The Birdy folding bike has always been a forerunner along with Brompton folding bikes and Dahon folding bikes here in New York. It’s popular among die-hard bike enthusiasts, as well as first-time riders (not to mention folding bike collectors!). The 18″ wheels make it a nice middle-ground between the 20″ bikes and the 16″ bikes, [...]

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Folding Bikes and Suspension

June 8, 2010

You’ve probably seen suspension on mountain bikes and hybrid road bikes, but did you know that suspension can also be found on folding bikes? In fact, suspension is one of the primary ways in which folding bicycle designers compensate for using small wheels. Now don’t take me wrong, small wheels are actually far superior than [...]

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3 Reasons Small Wheel Folding Bikes Rock!

June 7, 2010

Small wheels have gotten a bad rep over the years. People tend to think they will be less stable and shaky. It’s not that these ideas are unfounded, but this preconceived notion that small wheels = bad is often based on stories told by dissatisfied owners of low quality folding bicycles. In reality there are [...]

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New Brompton Bicycles, Cool Brompton Colors

June 1, 2010

It easy to see why one loves Brompton bicycles. Aside from their super compact folding mechanism, they are just so darn cool looking! I mean, where else can you find a folding bike that comes in colors like Turkish Green, Pink, Arctic Blue, White, and Apple Green? well, you could find them right here, because [...]

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Flying with a Brompton Folding Bike

May 29, 2010

Tomorrow morning I depart for the Pacific Northwest on my bike tour of Portland and San Francisco. My trusty steed? A Brompton folding bicycle. Yes, like David Byrne I am taking my folding bike on an airplane across the country so it can accompany me on my adventures. Though I was skeptical at first, I [...]

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Folding Bike Riders Flock to Hudson River Greenway

May 27, 2010

Well, it’s official. The 81st to 91st street link of the Hudson River Greenway is open and Manhattanites are flocking for miles to see this veritable bike super highway. Finally, we can ride down the west side of Manhattan on a separated bike lane all the way from the Cloisters and the George Washington Bridge [...]

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