Specifications & Features. the Dahon is £500 less than the Brompton - if I was loaded I'd probably go for the Brompton, but I'm not. Brompton, Birdy, Dahon, Strida, Tern: there are a host of folding bike out there, but which is best? The Dahon has to be propped up a certain way on the train and on the correct side or else it will fall over when the train brakes heavily, the Brompton stands itself up nicely. It is $300 cheaper than the single-speed Brompton S1E but the design, build quality and performance are rated way lower than Brompton. Dahon have a nasty habit of deleting spare parts for machines out of production and their lineup changes a lot... Bromptons undergo incremental refinements that are nearly all retrofittable to earlier models. The Dahon convinced me that a folding bike would work for me. That is no longer the truth since Dahon released some folding bikes with 16-inch wheels like the Dahon EEZZ or Dahon Jifo. The Brompton will almost certainly last longer. Today, we’re taking a look at the Dahon EEZZ D3. We asked Olympian and cycle fan Jonathan Edwards to put the latest through their paces Then I test-rode a Brompton during the lead up to my purchasing decision. Check out the video below to see the side-by-side comparison between the 2 … I've been riding the Brompton ever since - coming up on three years now, twice a day five days a week plus many evenings and most weekends, year round. The Qix gets the best reviews I've seen for a Dahon so I'm most likely going for it - let's just hope the frame doesn't snap! I’ve rode quite a bit of their 20 inche folders and they are completely different than a 16 inch folding bike.

Le confort ne sera pas trop dégradé grace à la suspension sur le Brompton. Top. Le vrai avantage que tu auras avec le Brompton sera au niveau de l'intermodalité. We used to assume that Brompton was the most compact folding bike on the planet. Wheel Size: 16″ Weight: 21.5 lbs (9.75 kg) When I first heard about Dahon creating the curl to compete with Brompton, I was puzzled. Pour ce qui est du rendement, je suis pas sûr qu'un Brompton avec des roues de 16 pouces t'assure un meilleur rendement par rapport à un Dahon en roues de 20 pouces.
I test rode, airnimals, , bike friday tickit, birdy, dahon, giant, etc folders.. before going for a B On spec sheets, the Dahon Curl measures 24.8″ x 22.4″ x 12.2″ while the Brompton measures 23″ x 22.2″ x 10.6″ in folded size.

brompton, simple as – had mine for nearly 5 years now. So the Brompton seems to be slightly smaller but you will hardly notice the difference in real life. The Dahon Jifo Uno is the lightest, smallest and cheapest folding bike in the comparison but I don’t recommend the bike. Dahon makes an exceptional 20 inch folding bike and I don’t think any other manufacturer can compete on that level.