Story about Uncle George Lin, the designer of CarryMe on The Straits Times, Singapore

The bigger bikes like Dahon and Brompton and Mobiky and BF Tikit and all the others with 16" wheels are too big for my purposes.

The commuter train and buses here are very crowded and one need to have as small foot print as possible and Brompton is the smallest but has a big footprint compared to a Carryme. I travel very short distances and the most important thing for me is how easy it is to take it inside a Shop when I buy food.

My main food shop even accept me taking in the Microbike without me having to fold it.

Maybe just me lucky to have an unusually tolerant shop owner. Other Shop owners got very upset, I remember one Mobile Shop owner shouting at me. No bikes inside my shop. So I chose another one. Same company but another franchised owner. Further up the street.

A Carryme would be the ideal bike now when my Microbike is too old. Bought it maybe 1997 or so. Fail to remember I love the bike but the plastic rims in the wheels will break sooner or later and I have not found easy replacements. The wheels are 12" and they have Kevlar belt that are half the width as the standard so one have to buy the standard and splice it into two twins. Such needs a very good saw.

Burningwood, thanks indeed for joining and telling us of your experiences of the CM Double Speed.

wow indeed, you have really tested it.

May I ask you same thing me asked Amuro Lee. When you compare riding a CM with riding a Strida 3.2.

Are they very similar in riding. Isn't the Strida having a bit more resistance when you steer it. That was my experience of the old models of Strida. Not sure if I tested a Strida I or Strida II.

CM should be much more easy to steer cause it has bearings in the upper and lower part of the Stem while as far as I know Strida doesn't have bearings? Am I wrong?

Amuro Lee have a Strida 3. something me already forgot which number after the 3. something. He seems satisfied with it.

I'm rather tall. 194 cmtrs. So one problem could be the handlebar will be too near my knee so I touch the handlebar while I take a turn and the bike could get jolted out of course if it happens unexpectedly throwing me out of balance.

So the best thing would be to test the bike first but the nearest dealer is in London and that is a bit too far for me. Would take me many many hours and much money to go there. I could afford it but I rather don't.

Maybe it would work to just buy a CM and if I'm too big I could try to sell it.

Weakling wrote:If that bike could carry my 210lb then maybe that one is a better investment for the future for me than a Carryme that doesn't stand my overweight.

But I guess Carryall will cost a fortune? Hope the guys at the Singapore forum ask him about what weight it would carry and what price he has planned for it.

Amuro, thanks indeed for that text.

I'm friend of Amuro.
I ride my CMDS for around 3mth (over 500km now) and so far so good.


I think 210lbs wont be a problem (becos I'm 200lbs), but, if you are too tall, then maybe there will be some problem. (I'm 172)



And, same as AB, if the road status isnt good enough, it's still quite dangerous to ride it. In my opinion, if you have enough space, a little bit bigger folding bike is still a very good choice.



I think your case should be much better than Amuro & me in HK, HK's public transport is very NOT WELCOME bike even we fold it up.

If that bike could carry my 210lb then maybe that one is a better investment for the future for me than a Carryme that doesn't stand my overweight.

But I guess Carryall will cost a fortune? Hope the guys at the Singapore forum ask him about what weight it would carry and what price he has planned for it.

Amuro, thanks indeed for that text.

Weakling wrote:The Carry All trike will be showcased in SICEX 2008 Singapore. http://www.pacific-cycles.com/news_detail.asp?nowbtn=1&brandbtn=1&cat0=2&cat=23

http://stridasingapore.com/forum/index. ... 94.new#new

The Carry All trike will be showcased in SICEX 2008 Singapore. http://www.pacific-cycles.com/news_detail.asp?nowbtn=1&brandbtn=1&cat0=2&cat=23

The new CarryAll, a compact folding trike that is the world’s first 8-inch wheel foldable tricycle, will be showcased in SICEX 2008 for the first time in Asia outside Taiwan!

Did we link to this video of Carryme here in our forum?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDaJfOdWzqY&feature=related

Those of you who have tested carryme or A-bike or Strida.
Who are easiest to keep a straight course on?

Could you see if it is the straight one with 0-gears of the DS who have 2gears?

She wiggle a lot. She don't go straight path. Is that due to her careless and who love to fool around cause she use the sidwalk while that is strictly forbidden where I live. Fined maybe between 100 USD to 250 USD?

Very expensive. You could buy an ordinary cheap bike for that ride.

Is it that difficult to keep Carryme at a straight path? Would make it dangerous to be in traffic where big lorry and buses are close to your body in narrow streets.

The CarryAll has just been announced on the Pacific Cycles website
http://www.pacific-cycles.com/news_deta ... 0=2&cat=22

Do it foldable and that could make Carryme more versatile.

thanks for providing these suggestions. How does such one behave in snow? or on slippery icy streets?

Would one still fall over or is it so heavy it keep me on track?

Look at how the Carryme have a super low rack. Not much to triangle on there. Would be weak if one doesn't weld it in place?

But I love the idea. That would allow the rear wheel to not only have two gears as DS have but as many gears as competing small bikes have.

the Carryall maybe is difficult to give many gear in hub?

http://www.steves-workshop.co.uk/other/sidecar/sidecardesign/sidecardesign.htm


that guy has the right idea.

Someone needs to fiddle with a sidecar.

By "this one " you mean Carryall by Pacific in Taiwan?

The Carrybike have three gears built in to the rear Hub.

While the Carryall is zero gears? Maybe it is more difficult to have gears if the rear wheel is two wheels. How do big Delta? trikes do gearing?

Anyone have any thought to a swing down sidecar wheel? .. something that could be put up for 'performance', but down with a luggage / bbq grill for hauling.

I like your suggestion. It could even be attached to those bikes that customers already bought.

the hard part is to make it practical while un-folding it.

I like this one better than the luggage carrier bike, though it still looks like a big tricycle.

Anyone have any thought to a swing down sidecar wheel? .. something that could be put up for 'performance', but down with a luggage / bbq grill for hauling.

Hi Vekling,

I have to say that I weight 115kg and I haven't needed to change the inner tubes of my A-bike's wheels yet after I have been using the bike for a whole year.

By the way, there's another bike called "Carry Bike" in Japan which can be transformed into a luggage carrier.
http://www.abikecentral.com/forum/viewt ... c&start=17
http://www.abikecentral.com/forum/viewt ... c&start=28

Regards,

Amuro

Hi Amuro, I have finally joined the forum I felt bad about joining cause the chance me would buy an Abike is very slim. I'm very tall, 194 and very heavy, Just now 95 Kg. And the Abike would not stand the strain on material and me hate to change inner tube on such a small wheel.

I really like the Carryall. With your generous help I found out that Velorution in London will sell Carryme hopefully this spring or summer. From Stockholm to London is ok to travel to test it out. Would be a nice vacation.

But I doubt they take in the Carryall. But I will try to persuade them to have at least one on display and for testing so potential customers could make up their mind to ask for to get one.

I joined the bikeforum too cause I saw your active there. Great that you found that good picture. Looking forward to more info on them.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=367405



If you have time could you write to Pacific and ask them to give more info on Carryall on their homepage. That would be super cool.

Best regards
Vekling