What is a Folding Bike?

Folding Bike is a bike designed to fold into a smaller and compact form enable you to bring and storage it easily. Folding bike is one of great invention. This bike is created to make life easier especially for transportation for people. Most of the common folding bikes are made of lightweight aluminum for portability. You can see they come in different sizes and styles but these bikes can easily be stored and carried on buses and trains conveniently. 

Having a folding bike is indeed convenient and comfortable. It allows you to help the world by saving energy and contributing in environment. You can help minimize the production of carbon from vehicles and it is a big help to earth and its people. 

When was the first folding bike created? Folding bike is getting attention from military in the 1890s to be used as infantry use. Then in 1990, Mikael Pedersen from British Army created a folding version of his bike. The weight is 15 pounds and had 24 inch wheels. The popular folding bike manufacture, Dahon, started producing modern compact folding bike in the early 1980s. And until now, Dahon has grown to become the world's largest manufacturer of folding bike. 


Folding bike can be a great option to help you commute everyday without worry. It gives you a convenience to store or bring it easily. Every time you go to park, cafe or anywhere around city, as long as you are not in hurry, you can rely well on your folding bike to be your main transportation to get you where you want to go.