Small(er) wheeled bikes - non folding!
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Small(er) wheeled bikes - non folding!
Recently I remember something on here about 'fun' adult bikes with small wheels. Non-folding bikes which were simple - I've even done a web search but can't find anything. I can see the appeal of a light-weight, maybe single speed or 2 speed nimble bike.
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Google mini velo for some ideas. They were looking to become a big thing a few years ago but have since sort of petered out.
I can see the attraction, I have a 24" wheel Airnimal Joey and it's fun to ride in a way it's hard to define, it has an appeal beyond the folding.
I can see the attraction, I have a 24" wheel Airnimal Joey and it's fun to ride in a way it's hard to define, it has an appeal beyond the folding.
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The Raleigh Twenty (nylon-based steering technology an' all... ) has a cult following.
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(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
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I understand that they are popular in Japan
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/543880092472275992/
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Available in the UK
https://www.tokyobike.co.uk/tokyobike-mini-velo.html
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/543880092472275992/
Edit
Available in the UK
https://www.tokyobike.co.uk/tokyobike-mini-velo.html
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They are quite common in Japan, some are high spec mini road bike types.
Maybe add Japan to a mini velo search.
Maybe add Japan to a mini velo search.
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Twenty with added GU&G (Get Up & Go!)
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Thanks. Interesting that these 'fads 'come around in time. Only source seems to be Tokyo bike in London c£700 ouch! or Alibaba for $100 each, but need to buy 100 minimum
Maybe a few scrap bikes and my brazing kit ?
Maybe a few scrap bikes and my brazing kit ?
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Rider looks happy & cheerful - that must mean it's a Great bike!What about a Raleigh RSW16?
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(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
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fastpedaller wrote:Thanks. Interesting that these 'fads 'come around in time. Only source seems to be Tokyo bike in London c£700 ouch! or Alibaba for $100 each, but need to buy 100 minimum
Maybe a few scrap bikes and my brazing kit ?
The Cannondale Hooligan was the closest I saw to it becoming mainstream, seems to have been discontinued a few years ago, though they don't fetch much secondhand,
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Small wheels, non-folding. Okay. Moulton Bikes (made in England since 1962) are exclusively small-wheeled and the firm has never offered a folder. The majority of the bikes they've built over the last 58 years haven't been separatable/demountable, either. Bob's your uncle.
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That very Mk1 1968 RSW16 can be seen in the National Cycling Museum at Llandindrod Wells.simonineaston wrote:Rider looks happy & cheerful - that must mean it's a Great bike!What about a Raleigh RSW16?
It was a barn find up the road from here and given to me.
All I needed to do was pump up the tyres and lube the chain, and it was rideable. Hub dynamo lighting worked too.
I rode it locally for some few years - pubs and shops etc then put it away. Eventually decided that it needed to be preserved, and we drove it to Llandindrod, stayed overnight, and handed it over ............ and that was Mrs Mick F riding it from the carpark to the museum.
Mick F. Cornwall
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Closer inspection of the photo reveals several components that were shared with Raleigh Moultons of the era, ie the chainset, the brake callipers, the dynamo and the curved 'bar stem that crops up on the Moulton Mk 3... and of course, ride comfort, achieved not by the sophisticated suspension on the expensive-to-make Moultons but rather, balloon tyres, giving a comfy ride but also tons of rolling draaaaag!
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(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
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Yes, but when the tyres were inflated quite well, it was surprising how little drag there was.
Those were the original tyres of the Mk1 ........ and the pedals too.
By the time the Mk2 came along, the tyres were black with the red Raleigh stripe, and the pedals became normal standard "two block" ones.
This is as it was when I brought it home.
Those were the original tyres of the Mk1 ........ and the pedals too.
By the time the Mk2 came along, the tyres were black with the red Raleigh stripe, and the pedals became normal standard "two block" ones.
This is as it was when I brought it home.
Mick F. Cornwall