Fold Up Bikes - How Useful are they?

By Irvin Pitstock

For anyone who would like to cycle to work and not worry about where to leave their bike securely, or for anyone wanting to get around or stay fit with a bike that is convenient to store at home, fold up bikes could be the answer.

If you have to use public transport regularly as part of your journey fold up bikes make perfect sense. As train companies reduce the number of bikes allowed on trains a fold up bike gets around the problem. The weight of folding bikes is is being reduced and the folding action is getting simpler all the time. It is also possible to store a fold up bike discreetly under a desk at work.

Fold up bikes aren't the best idea for touring or long distances but if your journey is quite short they are perfect. Contemporary fold up bikes also have gears and a proper cycling position so they are comfortable and easy to ride. They can be easily and rapidly folded down when you reach your destination, and they get round of storage issues associated with conventional bikes as they can be conveniently stored in a flat or a small house.

When summer gets nearer and the weather gets warmer most of us start to try and spend more and more time outside. Our thoughts also turn to exercise and fitness as we worry about our bodies being more on display in the summer!

Cycling is the perfect way to exercise outside, and it is also a very environmentally friendly mode of transport, but sometimes our plans to cycle everywhere are hindered by the worry of where to leave our bikes on arrival at our destination. This is where fold up bikes have many benefits over ordinary non-folding bikes.

The storage of fold up bikes is not an issue at all as all you have to do is fold them up and take them indoors with you. Riders of fold up bikes do not need to think about getting a space to leave their bike or worry about leaving it outside unguarded. Instead they just collapse their bike into it's folded form and take it with them, without any security or storage issues.

Fold up bike manufacturers have recently dealt with the image of fold up bikes being uncool and there are now lots of funky new designs from leading names available.

Since their original designs fold up bikes have progressed loads, and you can now get many funky, contemporary designs, that still retain the practical benefits associated with fold up bikes. They are now a credible alternative to ordinary bikes but with the advantage of being able to take them anywhere without any worries.

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