Hammerheads in London

A group of Dahon Hammerhead owners (Team Smug Head) are putting together an informal meet in Hyde Park London, on the 1st Sunday each month. 1st June is the first. Any folder welcome. Details can be found at http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=421754

Letters from America

The Los Angeles Times has an article on Bike to Work Week in the USA (12-16th May) with a chance to win a folding bike.


Velonews has noticed that Trophy Bikes in Philadelphia is sponsoring a folding bike class in the CSC Amateur hillclimb (6th June). The Folding Society had of course already mentioned it as part of ROUND UP USA, the folding bike festival.

London Strida Ride

There is going to be a London meeting of riders on Saturday 21st June. It will be in Dulwich Park, London SE22. Meet at 10:00 by the tea rooms for a ride to Crystal Palace park. This will be, as you would guess, at a leisurely pace. All Strida riders are welcome.
Our thanks go to Julian Kowalewski for this news.

Birdy World Meeting Berlin

The Birdy World Meeting Berlin will be held on the weekend of 13-15 june 2008. You can find out more at http://www.flickr.com/groups/birdy-berlin/.

Bicycle Backlash?

The BBC magazine has a rant about the combination of crowded trains and folding bike commuters here.

Special Bike Show at Germersheim

Jan Berkelder has sent us the following:

"Last weekend we had the Special Bike Show in Germany, at Germersheim. I made a photoreport on it.
There were two origami rides. One on Friday April 24 from Mannheim to Germersheim. The second one was on Saturday April 25, which was a short night ride. On the night ride we had about 12 Brits with us. Both origamirides are documented here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/janbeeldrijk/sets/72157604814024032/detail/
Apart from that I made a folding bike report on Germersheim, to be seen here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/janbeeldrijk/sets/72157604797751156/detail/
And especially for Birdy friends there is this report:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/janbeeldrijk/sets/72157604826391769/detail/
All the texts are in English, although I might make a mistake or two."

Many thanks to Jan for these reports.

.citycycling

The latest citycycling is up. Apart from the usual excellent photos, articles and the continuing pursuit of the elusive Bromptonaut, a folding bike is the bike of the month.