How to choose a suitable folding bike for long distance?

It is obvious to take advantage of the long distance  cycling of a folding car, although the "harm" looks more like a very subjective conclusion, but still can not cover the advantages of its easy to carry. For long-distance cycling, the choice of folding cars is more like a balance between the portable and performance, and folding cars probably have the following benefits: - You can go to more places in limited time - Avoiding boring roads and go only to interesting places - Those who want to ride long distances but do not have a lot of long ride experience - Better for people who travelling by plane ▲ When I was in Sri Lanka, I was cycling with "Brompton"

Folding performance

On this point, we need to consider two key factors: folding speed and folded volume. If you only need to fold once everyday day to open, but the folding speed will greatly affect your cycling mood. Good folding bike may only need 10 seconds to open, poor may need up to ten minutes or more. So I really like 'Tern' and 'Brompton' folding bike, folding convenient, can save a lot of preparation time. More importantly, when you take a big wheel bike in public vehicles, and there is no bag packaging, it is likely to be despise, imagine when taking the subway, there is a person with a bike, are you will subconsciously get away from him and do not want to be stained by wheels? Three different wheel diameter bike size contrast (high * long * wide, unit: cm):

▲ Brompton, 16 inch: 58.5cm * 56.5cm * 27cm

▲ DAHON Mu Sl (PA095), 20 inch: 66 * 82 * 32

▲ Tern Joe Tour, 27.5 inches: 87 * 95 * 46

Performance Good folding bike, just like an ordinary bike, will not let you have any weird feelings when cycling. I have tried to use 24-inch Tern Eclipse cycling100-150km in a day, also climbing,  I feel very comfortable riding all day, compared to the 16-inch Brompton, it is also more stable in the various road conditions , Brompton is more suitable for within 50km of urban commute. ▲ 24-inch Tern Eclipse is a good performance folding bike I think suitable the folding bike for long-distance cycling, often 20-inch wheel diameter is better, but not the bigger the better. You should try to ride a different size bike, looking for the most suitable. Installing Bar End is also a good idea to feel a lot more comfortable in long distances.   Wheel diameter: folding car generally have 16,20,24,26 and 27.5 several sizes. Choose the principle with a word that is: your use determines the size of the car. Large wheel through the nature of the load capacity and speed range will be better, but if the shuttle in the city, need to travel from time to time, of course, the smaller the better. Price: This is a very sensitive topic, I recommend choosing a folding bike above $ 500, if you want to be better quality, it's worth more than $ 1,000. ▲ luggage: in general there are two solutions: loading or installing loading trailer - of course, loading is the mainstream choice. ▲ I like to install the Luggage carrier directly on the bicycle, 40 liters luggage is not difficult.