does anyone have a strida 3 folding bicycle?

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If so pls can you review for me!

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It was just reviewed in the CTC magazine.
Will you give me a cookie if I tell you what it said?

erm

I have a ryvita will that do? Or a mince pie

Ryvita? You cheapskate!

Okay, highlights of ctc review coming up:

praised for low price for a folding bike,
fold is simple and fast,
nice that you can roll it along (don't have to carry it) in folded position,
just about small enought on overhead rack on a train
"only problem": "crosspiece which carries the heavy crankset occasionally dropped away from the other tubes like a falling drawbridge" -- I think he's saying that it doesn't stay folded up as well as it should, but surely a bungey cord would fix that.

More in a sec.

oh it sounds ideal

I really like the look of it. Plus they do a 60 day no quibble refund if you don't like it so is a no brainer really I think

He only needs it to cycle from Waterloo to Tower Bridge

FIT on overhead rack.

puncture repair easy.
lots of plastic in construction
bit fiddley to adjust seat height
TEster was 5'10" and just under 11 stone and Strida was big enough for him.
Steering and saddle both slightly wobbley (plastic components, other technical reasons).
Reviewer liked Strida well enough to consider cycling it in central London; recommends it as a rail-commuter bike.

Recommends against buying the £85 extra performance kit sold with Strida.

Quirky and funny looking, but doable.
Not a patch on a Brommie, but good value for £250, and for £250 what do you expect?

isn't the Brompton supposed to be the Rolls Royce of folding bicycles?

oh yes but the brompton is soo dull compared to this!

i just think it is fab!

oh, last bit,
not so good for hills (fine for descents, but can't really go up more than slight incline).
Not heavy to carry.
Can't ride out of the saddle, either.
Low maintenance belt train (instead of an ordinary metal chain?)

Is your DH small enough? Strida is supposed to go to 6'4" and 17st 4lb, but I imagine real comfortable limit is a bit shorter/lighter.

Good luck.

Brommies cost £400-£500+ second hand, on Ebay. I think Brommies and Dahons are marvelous, but you have to use them a lot.

Whatever your DH takes, mke sure he locks it up. Friend had her brommie nicked on a short train journey.

oh yes he is 5foot 9 and about 13 stone so no worries there