Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #411376 in Sports & Outdoors
- Size: 20" Frame, Large
- Color: Baltic Blue
- Brand: Dahon
- Model: espresso
- Dimensions: 29.30 pounds
Features
- Speeds: 21
- Folding Size: 34 x 94 x 79 cm (13.3" x 36.7" x 30.8")
- 26" wheels
- Color:Baltic
- Frame size: 20" Large
Dahon Espresso 20"(Large) Folding Bike 26" Wheels
Product Description
New patented new Dahon Axis stem lets you fold the Espresso with a minimum of effort and Schwalbe Big Apple tires mean that you go faster, in a lot more comfort. The new Espresso is a shot of caffeine to your cycling lifestyle.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Good city bike
By C. Kauffman
I have had this bike for a year.I am a little disappointed with the folding latching mechanism; I think it could have been designed a bit better. I put velcro over it to keep it in place. One time while I was riding the bike actually started folding up on me; weird experience, but fortunately no harm done to me or the bike!After purchase I had a bike shop tune up. (I got a tuneup Groupon). This made a world of difference in the bike's performance, and I highly recommend it!I'm 5'11, 185#, and I find the bike quite comfortable. I generally ride 12 miles or less per trip. It's not a lean mean road machine, but for short trips I actually prefer it over a hybrid bike I own. I like the wide tires for city/suburban biking, although wider tires are not speed demons.This is a standard size bike, and is not, in my opinion, light weight. It is not easy to lug into our transit system (BART), so I don't use it for the purpose I originally purchased it for. I CAN, however, fit it in the back of our very small German station wagon. If you have a bunch of kids you can put their lighter bikes on an exterior car rack, and put one or two of these inside your SUV without too much difficulty.I have had no maintenance problems; it appears to be one of those purchases which may last a very long time.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Not for casual use
By Kristopher W. Mann CT
Handle bars are too low!Now if you are use to riding in a hunched over position (aerodynamically) than this could be a great bike for you. I do not like riding a bike this way.I felt than the bike is advertised as an urban street bike (no off-road) for the casual rider and being the large model I hoped it would accommodate my 6' body. That being said, I find the handle bars can not be raised to an adequate height to which I may ride with a straight spine.I tried adjusting the seat, no good. I tried reversing the stem neck, no good. I tried a stem extender, the treads did no match (not industry standard).I took the bike to an authorized dealer and he could not offer a way to extend the stem w/o compromising the structural integrity. He did suggest replacing the factory handle bars w/ 5" riser bars.For $25 thru amazon.com I purchased Pyramid Mountain Bike Riser Handlebars (5" Rise, Alloy, Silver) which I was able install on my bike w/ the use of many a metric allen keys. The silver (not chrome) matches the bikes existing accents well.Plus, the tool used to fold the bike broke.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.Good frame, but components not that durable
By Timothy Farnum
I bought the Dahon Espresso 20" 2008 model from a different vendor. I have some experience with bike repair, so it was easy to assemble. This is more a city bike than a road bike, although the handlebars are low. I changed the stem-extender so I could raise the bars. The current handlebars seem a little less flat, and the current stem extender is totally adjustable. Over the first 2 years, I wore out the bottom bracket--I'm not an uber-cyclist, but I do like to go on short road trips for fun--20 or 30 miles or so--on the hills here in Western NY. I've replaced the bottom bracket with an inexpensive external-bearing set from Shimano, and I was quite pleased that the frame didn't need any grinding to align the new bearing. My bicycle had a freewheel-style rear wheel, which I replaced with a cassette-style wheel to give me more flexibility with the gearing. When I changed the bottom bracket, I got a crankset with replaceable chainrings, to have make for easier powertrain service and more flexibility, since the original crankset had riveted chainrings. I love the index shifters--as an old cyclist, I remember my pride in how well I could shift with friction shifters on the down bar, but now I'm really happy to just push a button and have a nice solid shift without any effort. The folding latch is actually quite solid, and easy to adjust once you figure out that it goes backward from what you would think. It does need to be cleaned and lubricated a couple times a summer, but that's not difficult, either. I really like that it can fold--it fits in the back seat of my old Honda Civic.All in all, this is a bike with a really good frame with some components that could be better, particularly if you want to ride it out onto the road at all. I've put about $250 of new equipment on it, and I'm pretty happy with it--luckily, I bought it after the model year, so I got a good discount, and I'm still under the current price overall.
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