I’ve never seen anything like this before.
Only 600 bucks! go for it!
People that don’t know what “bike porn” is should be BANNED!
I agree. While that isn’t really bling material, I’m glad to posted a link as that’s a darn good idea for a travelling Ironman who doesn’t like to pay the darn bike-box fees. I wonder how much the fully-loaded suitcase weighs?
Yes, 6-18 months invested in training, but $75 for shipping, NEVER!
LOL.
If it was only 3-4 trips, perhaps. But…if you’re a plane pirate, different story. My company won’t reimburse bike fees, but we have no problem paying full-fare for last-minute travel. Go figure.
I was out in SoCal several years ago and bought a bike a Walmart (duck for cover), toss’d on my pedals and rode it for a week. On the last day, I took it down to the beach and gave it to a kid (who thought I ripped it off). $125…needed some minor repairs/adjustments, but it worked pretty well. I think it was a GMC or something like that.
The only gripe I have about Target or Walmart’s bike department is that they don’t stock 700c tubes…
Try living over here in Tokyo
Every second bike over here looks just like that. Plus everyone over here owns a bike. All 28million of us. I can buy those at the Hardware store starting at $100. You don’t even need to lock up your bikes here. people aren’t interested in pinching what they already have, including the homeless down by the river.
paul
The only gripe I have about Target or Walmart’s bike department is that they don’t stock 700c tubes…
The last time I was in a WalMart in my town I found 700c tubes. Maybe it’s because they now sell a road bike on their website.
That’s good news! I emailed the Target buying office about it…since they offer a 700c bike now.
I certainly don’t advocate Walmart/Target, but in an emergency, it’s nice to have spare tubes 24 hours a day…
You’re not allowed to use that term anymore
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Actually it might have been Target. I don’t really remember, but I know one of them in my town sells them. I forgot the brand of tube though. I also remember a saddle that seemed fairly decent for like $12. And bombproof bottle cages.
Even with spokes and box rims, not much resistance to those wheels
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“I’ve never seen anything like this before.”
There was a guy who raced one of those in Kona a couple of years ago. He even had some little HED-3 Trispokes on it.
Haim
Weren’t they SPIN wheels?
“Weren’t they SPIN wheels?”
Hmmm…could have been…I’m not familiar with SPIN wheels. I didn’t get close enough to the Bike Friday to say for sure, but the wheels looked like mini HED-3s.
Haim
Spin makes the BMX all the way up to 700c. They are dogs aerodynamically (if I remember right, they are worse than box rims; or is that the original Trispokes) but they look cool. I have a set of 20inch spin wheels for my triple baby jogger. I geeked it out with spin wheels that I got for $30 and switched out the axles and bearings to go on my jogger. It looks pretty cool with them on.
Stephen J
I had a Friday for about 5 years. It was a respectable travel bike but I would never consider racing it. Too flexy in the BB area. It climbed surprisingly well and I went down Mt. Ventoux comfortably at about 85 km/hr.
One problem with them is tires and tubes. You need to carry your own spares all the time since you can’t just walk into the LBS and pick them up when you need them.
The bike weighed about 23 pounds so was comfortably under the 50 pound bag limit with spares, pump, gels and food. They sell it with a standard large suitcase that doesn’t get any special attention from check in staff or baggage handlers. They really are easy to travel with. Why did I sell it? Replaced it with a conventional bike with S&S couplings.
Agreed, SAC…
This is the bicycle equivalent of FAT CHICK porn…or worse…well…I won’t talk about worse…but rest assured…there is worse than watching fat chicks and skinny guys…
Gross!
Maybe we should hold a moratorium on “porn” posts until we can get the term straightened back out! That Campy-loving dude frequenting R&A would be a good Subject Matter Expert to give some classes…
Hed makes wheels down to 16" I believe. They had some at Interbike and I asked them if they were just for show. Evidently they sell a lot of those small wheels in Japan, presumably for the folding bikes. They were the deep dish spoked kind like Jets or Alps.