Folding Bicycles
By The Basic Bicycle Team
The folder or folding bicycle is a kind of bike that has several joints and / or hinges that can be unlocked in order to fold the bike into a compact size and shape. The folding typically involves the main frame of the bicycle, though there have been some folder bicycles where only lesser portions of the frame fold.

Folding bikes are much more popular in the United Kingdom and East Asia than in the United States, but thats changing fast. They have many beneficial features that make them more suitable for taking onto public transportation.

Since many of the most rich American’s dislike public transportation and want to spend as much money as possible on a bike, they are not likely to opt for a folding bike, whereas those in other countries where public transportation is ‘cooler’ see the advantages of using folding bikes.

Many races and even records have been won or broken by riders using folding bikes, most notably Moulton folding bicycles. Though many people think that folders can’t stand up to the same standards