[SDCBC] "Tikit" folding bike reviewd.

[Bicyclist]

I unfolded, rode and folded one that belongs to a LAB friend... very cool.

At 07:02 PM 6/9/2008, Robert Leone wrote:
>Dear SDCBCers:
>         Good evening. Those with access to large or specialty 
> libraries might
>want to go there and see if they've gotten their June 2008 issue of
>"Mechanical Engineering" yet. There's a short article (page 48 and 49)
>titled "Origami Cycle" about the Bike Friday Tikit commuter bike.
>         "Mechanical Engineering" is the monthly of the American Society of
>Mechanical Engineers, so they don't shy away from sentences like "The
>Tikit's light weight and rapid folding ability target the biggest
>problem with integrating bicycles into intermodal transportatiuon: what
>to do with the bike when you have to transfer onto a bus, train or
>airplane." That's the lead sentence of the third paragraph.
>         I chekced www.mechanicalengineering.org -- they're currently showing
>the May issue on the web site there.
>
>Robert Leone