From the Guardian ‘The Gear’ Section The Airnimal Joey Airnimal have only been around since 1999 but are one of the field leaders for fast, portable bikes. The spiel: “Airnimal developed the Joey in answer to the need for a versatile bike that has sporty performance, but is also easy to fit into a modern lifestyle where space and time are often at a premium. Every day we are confronted with transportation woes and the health and fitness problems of sedentary lives led in the shadow of pollution. [...]

Strida inventor Mark Sander alerts us that Pacific Cycles, a Taiwanese company that also produces Airnimal and Birdy frames, will build Mark’s full-size folder, the Swivel-Head (above). Not only it folds quickly and compact, but, like the Strida, you can also wheel it folded. On the other size spectrum, Pacific also makes the Carry-me, an 8″-wheel micro-bike that rides astonishingly well. We will stock it in a few weeks.

. { border: solid 2px #000000; } . { } . { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Mark Sanders, the designer of the Strida has developed an innovative folding mechanism suitable for large wheel bikes, called IF, Integrated Folding. Pacific, who builds frames for Birdy and Airnimal, will soon introduce the Reach and the Move (pictured above) with the IF fold. From the press release: The clean and striking MODE is aimed at commuters that may have not considered cycling or folding [...]