Year: 2011

Question: Full size folding bikes?

I have a friend who wants a bike so he can bike to work from the train station.

He’s considering a full sized folding bike, like those available from Montague with 26″ wheels.

Are full sized folders at all practical for multimodal commutes? Can you haul these into a bus or train?

Caltrain’s folding bike rules say a folded bike must fit under a seat (as if) or in a luggage rack. I’m don’t know uf Montague’s folders fit the bill and I don’t want to give any bad advice.

If you have real world experience with 26″ folding bikes on public transportation I’d love to hear from you.

Oakland Scraper Bike Portrait Gallery

Scraper Bike Portraits

California photographer Leo Docuyanan took portraits of the men and boys of Oakland’s Scraper Bike team.


I’m a big shot
Scrapin on my bike
I don’t need a car
Gas price too high
Blue and yellow
Orange with bling
Scraper bikes is on the scene
Yep yep
We on the scene

 

 

View the full gallery of Scraper Bike photos at Leo Docuyanan’s website.Via ARTCRANK.

You can hear Scraper Bike’s latest track “On the Scene” at the Original Scraper Bikes blog. They say there’s a free MP3 download too, but that doesn’t work.