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Bikes, eBay.
There's a folding bike like mine just sold for £95. Paintwork in slightly better condition than my £3 one, but that still seems a lot.
(While it's true that "A NEW DAWES KINGPIN WILL RETAIL FOR APPROX £375", a new Kingpin is a completely different bike, they've re-used the name.)
I recently put a twist-grip gear changer and a new rear rack (from Halfords) on mine. The rack is a seatpost mounting type, designed for bikes with rear suspension, since with the short chainstays a standard rack meant the pannnier was hitting my heels. It doesn't have the long side bits of the Dahon rack for their folders, but I can probably improvise something. It does have side frames a bit like this.
(I also got a racktop bag, which also avoids that problem but needs a matching rack for the quick release to work - and another matching rack for the hybrid, putting the rack that came off Pam's bike back on that since it's no longer likely to tow the U+2 (my seatpost, being higher, could have the tow hook without fouling that rack).)
Also just bought some dual pivot brakes to upgrade my road bike.
And I'm lusting after this ICE Q NT, but can't really justify the money.
(While it's true that "A NEW DAWES KINGPIN WILL RETAIL FOR APPROX £375", a new Kingpin is a completely different bike, they've re-used the name.)
I recently put a twist-grip gear changer and a new rear rack (from Halfords) on mine. The rack is a seatpost mounting type, designed for bikes with rear suspension, since with the short chainstays a standard rack meant the pannnier was hitting my heels. It doesn't have the long side bits of the Dahon rack for their folders, but I can probably improvise something. It does have side frames a bit like this.
(I also got a racktop bag, which also avoids that problem but needs a matching rack for the quick release to work - and another matching rack for the hybrid, putting the rack that came off Pam's bike back on that since it's no longer likely to tow the U+2 (my seatpost, being higher, could have the tow hook without fouling that rack).)
Also just bought some dual pivot brakes to upgrade my road bike.
And I'm lusting after this ICE Q NT, but can't really justify the money.