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Real Bikes, Handmade and Suitcase-Sized
One day we'll all be riding bikes and the news will stop beating the "Bush" over gas prices, traffic, economy, the environment... Sigh. To get there faster we want to thank Freeman bike and concept designers in Missoula, Montana for these handcrafted speedsters. "We are hand-building bikes here in Missoula, Montana. All steel with S and S couplings. Right now we are only making fixed gears. No brakes, No cables, No mess. Bikes come with a bag for travel. The frames break in half to fit into the bag, and can be checked on airplanes with no extra charge. One simple tool to put them back together..." and they said it themselves, "Ride to and from the airport." Now finally, ya' don't have to look like a dweeb on one of those foldable bikes. More Pics after the jump.
Thanks STUDIO NEMO!
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I'm gonna keep cruising my bright blue Bike Friday Pocket Rocket around the streets of San Francisco.
You are right, these things aren't "new," but it's a single tool to get a bike back together, and apart, and it comes with the bag (that's designed to fit.) Try putting one of those other break-down-able bikes into a duffel bag, or gym bag, or suitcase. Odd fit all the time. Considering this is key.
Like any bike enthusiast, one bike isn't enough. So there is always reason to learn about more that exist.
This design mostly makes me think of my dad. A couple months ago, as an example (boss of about 10,000 people) he started riding his bike to work. (25 miles each way, thats 50 miles a day folks, sometimes he takes the train for part of it, on bad weather days) AS you can tell, I'm proud of him!
But the other day when he was riding the train. some dude got mad at him about having his bike in the walkway. If this bag fit on the side as a saddle bag that would be amazing! Dudes, like my dad, could ride they're bikes to work with they're fancy work clothes in a bag that they're bike fits in as well, just in case they want to take a cab home or that crazy train with the bad train conductor that my dad rides.
But have you tried biking to the airport before? Not a trivial thing where I've lived (Boston & Seattle), which is too bad.