A-Bike Plus

The Sinclair A-Bike Plus sneaked out beneath my radar last year.  The original A-Bike (2006)  led to my interest in Dahon bikes – I was looking for a bike  but was limited on storage space.  The A-Bike looked really nicely designed and very compact, although it did look a little odd.

Sir Clive Sinclair was the mastermind behind bringing this tiny bike to the market and there was quite a lot of discussion about it in the UK media.  However, distribution seemed a bit limited and I don’t think it really got the shelf space (and therefore sales) it deserved.

Mechanically, I think it’s a great bit of design and I’d like to get my hands on one, however, reports (re. the original version) are that it’s not a great bike to ride.  But, for an ‘emergency’ bike in the boot of the car, it seems ideal!  Unfortunately, the new Plus model is £200 so I won’t be getting one – what I’d really like now is a Dahon Jetstream P8 and any bike money would go towards that.

Bike Skulls – Reflect It

Be seen at night with these reflective skull stickers from Suck UK.

For £10 you get three of these stickers, one large (21cm x 14cm) and two small (10cm x 6cm), to stick on your bike or clothing.

I think this is a pretty cool design but I’m not sure that I’ll be getting any as they don’t really suit my… image.  Perhaps they’re better for younger or ‘cooler’ people than me!

Suck UK make some interesting products so take a look at their full catalogue.

DoD Top 5 Posts 2008

So, that’s 2008 finished and the end of the first year of Dave On Dahon.  The visitor count has been pretty good since the start, for such a small blog – we’re not talking ‘in the top 10% of the Internet”, nowhere near! – but it’s nice to see that people are reading the posts I write.

So, for 2008, the top 5 posts on this blog were:

#1 – Dahon Vitesse D7HG – Review

#2 – The Purchase – Dahon D7HG

#3 – Cateye HL-EL450

#4 – The Olympic Google-Bike

#5 – Cycling and the UK Law

Thanks to all those who visited!

Me – via XBox Live

XBox Live (XBL) was updated at the end of 2008 and you can now create your own avatars (similar to those on the Nintendo Wii).

This is me!

My full length XBL avatar is on the right in the sidebar here and should update whenever I change it on the XBox.  My XBL profile is here and you can compare my game-play against yours!

Dahon Store in Taiwan

A dedicated Dahon store opened in Taiwan last month according to Urban Velo.  Looks good, now if only they’d open one in London…

Visit Urban Velo for more and a bigger photo.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all Dahon owners around the world and to everyone else who have yet to find the true meaning of life on two wheels 

Good luck for 2009, happy cycling and happy folding.