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Jay Honeck wrote:
Hey Mark -- does your company make a decent (and affordable) folding bike
for pilots?


I've thought about it many times, but haven't moved forward on it
(yet). A folding titanium bike would be a very, very narrow niche
market


It's not just for pilots. I've often thought that the bike manufacturers
have under-estimated the size of the folding bike market.

As with LED spotlights, battery powered air compressors, and those
"instant-jump-start" thingies, when a product becomes affordable, it
suddenly becomes a "necessity" -- and the market simply explodes.

Every one of the items I mentioned above were unaffordable -- or
unavailable -- just a few years ago. Now, they have become "standard
equipment" in each of my cars.

If marketed as a convenience, or even as a safety device ("Never get
stranded again!") I believe that an affordable folding bike could become the
next "gotta have" thing for the general population -- not just pilots.
I think marketing is really needed here. How about, "To far from the
(Metro, Subway, Bus) to commute, but hate driving in to the city"?
"Tired of paying high parking fees?" "Zip along in our NEW folding bike.
This bike folds down and fits into this simple, carry-on bag ..."

Now we have a market!

Margy

"Margy" wrote

How about, "To far from the (Metro, Subway, Bus) to commute, but hate
driving in to the city"? "Tired of paying high parking fees?" "Zip along
in our NEW folding bike. This bike folds down and fits into this simple,
carry-on bag ..."

Now we have a market!

There you go! Sounds like you could make yourself "indispensable" in an
advertising company.

Are you branching out? g
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:

There you go! Sounds like you could make yourself "indispensable" in an
advertising company.

Well, first, you've got to find a bike that folds up into something the size of
a carryon bag. I've not seen one. Try taking a Montague into NYC on a rush hour
New Jersey Transit train. Let me know how it works out.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

Are we still talking portable vehicles? How 'bout this one?

http://www.roadraceengineering.com/s...dcase-open.jpg

Flyingmonk wrote:
Are we still talking portable vehicles? How 'bout this one?

http://www.roadraceengineering.com/s...dcase-open.jpg

I thought we were still talking bicycles, but you could haul that into the city
without getting too many glares.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

Here's another view and different color.

http://www.3wheelers.com/mazda.html

My brother is a transit cop (MetroTransit). He saids because of the
fuel, it will be banned from the subway. :^(

The Monk

"Flyingmonk" wrote in message
oups.com...
Here's another view and different color.

http://www.3wheelers.com/mazda.html

My brother is a transit cop (MetroTransit). He saids because of the
fuel, it will be banned from the subway. :^(

You could do an electric version, though.

That sounds like an interesting project.

I seem to recall a suitcase scooter, where the wheels popped out of the
bottom, and a seat and handlebars folded up, from inside. Anyone remember
that one?
--
Jim in NC

Flyingmonk wrote:
Here's another view and different color.

http://www.3wheelers.com/mazda.html

My brother is a transit cop (MetroTransit). He saids because of the
fuel, it will be banned from the subway. :^(

The Monk


You guys are thinking way too high tech. My son recommends a skateboard.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

"George Patterson" wrote

Well, first, you've got to find a bike that folds up into something the
size of a carryon bag. I've not seen one. Try taking a Montague into NYC
on a rush hour New Jersey Transit train. Let me know how it works out.

All you have to do is let the air out of the tires, right? g
--
Jim in NC