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New at Cycle 9: Melon Folding Bikes

sasha — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:19:58 +0000

I love folding bikes for a couple of reasons. The first is that they’re great for traveling. Compact enough to store in a suitcase, these bikes are the perfect way for cyclists to avoid expensive cargo charges on airplanes. The second reason is that commuters or urban residents don’t have to leave these bikes on the street. Instead of worrying about chaining down all your components, it takes just a few seconds to collapse a folding bike and tuck it safely into a corner of your office or apartment.

Not all folding bikes are created equal, however. At Cycle 9, we’re carrying the high performance Melon Slice.

Melon Slice - Red

I was first attracted to the Slice because of it’s snazzy red frame and funky design. But there’s more to this folding bike than just looks. The aluminum frame is super lightweight and durable. The short wheel base allows for agility, making it readily responsive to quick turns. And although the wheels are only 20″, the super-sized front chainring compensates, making it easy to get this bike moving! The comfort and ease of the ride make this bike truly enjoyable. If you’re looking for a high-quality, comfortable, compact bicycle, I would definitely encourage you to stop by and check out the Melon Slice.

And if red isn’t your style, we also carry the Slice in white.

Melon Slice - White

Downtubes for travel

Morgan Giddings — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:56:00 +0000

We used the Downtube bikes for a recent cycling trip around Italy. The bikes performed great for this 200+ mile tour, which included paved roads, gravel roads, and cobblestone streets! We packed them in standard-sized suitcases (so we didn’t pay any extra to take them with us).

And the coolest thing? They pack into a standard size suitcase, so there is no “bike surcharge” of $70 or more charged by the airline. See pix below.

The 20″ FS (full suspension) model is pictured here.

More pictures are on our

Flickr page

Introducing the Anyrider Folding bike

Morgan Giddings — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:03:00 +0000

We’ve started to put up our product pages, so you can see what’s on the way. Please drop us a line if you see something you’re interested in, we’ll be giving discounts to folks who pre-order.

The shopping cart will be here soon!

Folding bikes!

Morgan Giddings — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:24:00 +0000

Folding bikes are a great niche for those who do multi-modal transport, such as combining bike/bus or bike/train trips. They’re also great for those who travel a lot by airplane and want to take a bike along, without paying baggage fees. We did a two-week long cycle trip in Italy on folding bikes recently, and we had a lot of fun! And the bikes were easy to take on the train with us to get from one place to the next (if it was too far to practically bike). A couple pictures from our tour of Volterra on the bikes are shown below.

It looks like we’ll be carrying a brand new style of folding bike, that folds in 1 second to a neat little package! We will be evaluating the bike for durability and quality. As soon as we’ve had a good look at it, we’ll post some pictures here.