For those who want to conduct some shorter bicycle tours and at the same time enjoy the benefits that come with a folding bicycle, the Speed TR is a great and affordable choice.
To learn more about the Dahon Speed TR , be sure to visit the official website at: www. The biggest pain point seems to have been the use of v-brake adapters, from having chosen STI levers. I doubt I would want to try the same thing for an airplane trip, because of the potential fees involved.
About The Author: Enrique Pineda is a forty-three year old bike commuter, who tries to travel at least twice a year with his bicycle. Total of 30 speeds. I got mine but had to request a rear rack to be added. After you have arrived and picked up your bike, what do you do with the Airporter case while you are touring around for a few days? The answer to your question depends on what type of bicycle tour you are doing and where you are staying, etc.
If you are flying out of the same airport that you traveled into, then you simply find a hotel or bike shop nearby that will store your bike box during your travels. If you are flying into one airport and out of another, you will probably have to have the bike box shipped to your departure point so that you can pack the bicycle back in it for your return flight home.
Shana, I have the Dahon speed TR bike in dark green. I bought it for my son and he only used it a few times. It is like brand new. Let me know if you are interested. I have finally decided to sell it. Sue McLean. The best thing for you to do would be to contact a Dahon dealer in your area and work with them. They might be able to find the bike for you… and they would be able to give you more help in regards to the proper size, etc.
If you still have the TR and still want to sell it, I may be interested. How much would you like for it? Doug doug. A telescopic stem would increase the creaking sound from the hinges as you climb the hills.
Remember me. Lost your password? Enrique Pineda. June 28, at am. Unfortunately, the cycle spaces on the virgin train on the way home were all empty so there was no need to fold it.
However, I caught the shoppers' train out of Birmingham and did make use of the intermediate fold. Not Responding Guest. The smallest fold is an aquired art. I've used a marker pen to make it easier to find that precise point that the stem needs to be in. Mine came with metal brake levers.
I also whip the seatpost off and throw both parts loose into the bag. Excellent idea. Do you use the allenkey quill thing to adjust the stem height, or just the QR lever? Or both? The bike shop bloke reckoned that the QR alone would suffice but I'm not so sure myself. Do you use just the horizontal beam or do you also use the side supports? I'll be using panniers which means the sides are essential - and these are unfortunatelly not quick to unbolt. Perhaps I can codge some QR fixing for it.
For something as safety critical as the attachment of handlebars to bike, the manuals are suprisingly silent on this. Regardless of safety, I discovered that if you leave the quill loose it rattles inside the "handlepost" and you eventually get so irritated that you stop and tighten everything up. Well, I did. Usually, it would be that the granny gear had only 3 or 4 usable gears in the back and anything beyond that would require an upshift in the front.
That's fine, but this shift usually happens on something steep and with a load for me and there's a great to-do in the front. The DualDrive eliminates this problem and I'm free to traverse all 8 rear cogs while in the "granny". Brakes The brakes are V's and stop the bike well. Enough said. For me, the feeling was more responsive than a Brompton's brake and the same as the standard V's on a Bike Friday. Wheels This is one of the areas where I had a few concerns.
The front wheel is radially laced to a dyno hub. The rear wheel is laced radially on the non-drive side and crossed on the drive side. For me, I was a little uncomfortable with this set-up. I've built the wheels on Laura's touring bike and my own and can attest to the the strength of a good hand built 3x wheel.
During this trip, everything went smoothly. No broken spokes. However, if I were going to take this on a longer trip where I was further away from towns with bike shops, I would rebuild the wheels to 3x in the rear and 2x in the front. Saddle and Pedals Stock one is fine, but I prefer a Brooks. So for me that was a no brainer. The reason was the QR ones seemed to pop off at inopportune times.
Kickstand The bike comes with a kickstand but it is useless. It was cut about two inches too short so the bike kept leaning over and toppling. I didn't use it at all while on tour. The photo above shoes it standing with the kickstand but that took some serious finessing to get it to settle in between the open and closed indents.
Racks The Dahon comes stock with front low-riders and a rear rack. The rear rack is rated only to 25lbs. I don't know if that's a conservative estimate or really how much the rack will take. For fully loaded touring, it would be nice to have a rear rack that is rated to atleast 50lbs. I don't have any front panniers, so I can't really comment on their strength or how they affect steering. The rear rack performed well. I had some concerns that my Ortlieb Bike Packer Plus rear panniers would hit the derailleur but they cleared it just fine even when stuffed pretty well.
One concern would be for people with big feet or people with panniers that don't allow for any adjustment. I had to adjust the QL2 hooks on the Ortliebs to allow for maximum clearance meaning that the racks were shoved as far back as possible.
I was able to eliminate pannier strike but anyone with really big feet may have a problem with pannier strike I was wearing size 10 Keens.
If I were to go on a really long and remote tour with this bike, I would probably try to see if I could fit a Tubus rack on this bike or perhaps the folding rear rack that Bike Friday sells. Lighting The Dahon comes with a Euro style rear light that has a steady on setting and that's it. No blinking. It's bright and visible. It also comes with a front dyno-light. On the website and other samples, I've seen the light mounted at the fork crown. This particular sample I have, the light is mounted low to the fork, which is bad place to put it.
Without any bags on the front, the beam is already obscured by the tubing of the rack. With a bag mounted on the front, the light would be rendered useless. When touring, it is imperative to have a bike that fits well since you're putting in some serious saddle time.
With the Speed TR you can adjust fit with the saddle height, some fore-aft and tilt with the saddle rails, and some minor adjustment of the handlebars. The seatpost is a proprietary diameter it includes a pump , so you can't swap it out for something with more or less setback. This gives you maybe about an inch of height and reach adjustment. Not bad, but if you need more serious adjustment, the proprietary stem design doesn't allow for a quick swap.
Fortunately for me, I was able to get a pretty good fit with the bike. I'm about 5 foot 9 inches with a 30 inch inseam, for reference. A little taller and a little shorter and you're probably in the bikes golden fit zone. One issue I had was with the handlebars. I usually ride with drops or with Albatross bars, both of which give multiple hand positions in varying degrees. The Dahon comes with a more or less flat mountain bar with a slight bend. Another hand position is provided by bar-ends.
I'm sure that the bike uses this type of handlebar to facilitate folding, but perhaps at the detriment of some comfort. Now, that's not to say you can't do long rides with this.
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