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The Strida as an example of "problem-solving" design I'm sorry, but I can;t imagine a single person in the world who would see that orange folding bike and go, "Finally! Now I can give up my car!" The Strida wouldn't have been my first pick either, compared to, say,the Specialized Globe or Bike Friday or Breezer Uptown. Ariefff, the article's author, is a design person, not a cyclist. Nonetheless, the points she makes about what the goals of design should be are worthy of consideration. But when you see the strida people on the caltrain you have to admit they fold to a much more compact easy to carry footprint than the other bikes... and that's exactly what Sanders designed the STrida for -- a multimodal train+bike commute. No doubt it's a good folding bike, but I don't think I've ever heard the excuse "bikes are too big" as a reason for someone to drive rather than bike to work. Tony, the Strida was designed specifically for solving the "last mile" problem in mass transit, where size and weight of the bike is an issue. It's a tool more to enable public transportation use rather than just bicycle use. Albany Bulb rebar bike Did "the hermit" once work for Mongoose? The rear dropouts & the head tube gusset look a lot like my old cruiser! reblogged here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/huggerindustries/3101504582/ Great post armageddon bike. Don't piss off the hermit, you may be buying goods and services from him after the economy falls apart. the bikes creator is at...
http://home.earthlink.net/~woowoody/pages/pr_rebarbike.html
i'm the hermit with the bike...
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i freakin' love it... well balanced and strong. i can weave through people on sidewalks or cars in traffic with no hands... very responsive... also a couple times i've hit decent sized things (branches, rocks) at high speed/no hands, big jolt, then the bike trues itself and stabilizes instantly, all without having to put my hands back on... ya baby. i've often carried large very heavy packages on handlebars, and still good control.... best bike i've ever had...
dan Dan, thanks for dropping by and letting us know a little about yourself! A bike for the Thunderdrome rather than the Velodrome!