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Hey there #biketooter crowd or @CycleWR and followers … I have had a weird looking collapsing bike branded “Giatex” fall into my lap, or rather my storage locker. Never heard of this and it obviously needs work. I’ve been considering but am a long way from affording a Brompton or something of that calibre.
Does anyone know ANYthing about this brand/type and if it’s worth fixing up for a season or two?
@NNN @CycleWR yeah, I had done some searching but mainly got completely, wildly diverging Reddit-calibre whining and hot takes. I did see some reports about the “telescoping” frame maybe being a whole bad design concept, because if/when it failed it did so by collapsing out from under the rider. 😬
I’m trying to donate a few bikes to a local community org that fixes and redistributes on a pay-as-you-can basis, maybe I’ll ask if they’ll give me a quote on repairing it.
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@johannab that manufacturer appears to be out of business, but there are some older articles floating around. it was pretty inexpensive new, so if it needs more work than tubes/tires/brakepads/cleaning/lubrication, might not be worth it.
they made 20" and 16" wheel models, i think this is the smaller one.
there's a long form review here
http://www.foldsoc.co.uk/giatex.html
and an old sales page that has specifications and component modelnames in case you need to replace something
https://ridethisbike.com/Giatex-Sport_550-folding_bike.htm
Giatex SPORT 550 Stretchable 16 Inch Folding Bicycle
The Folding Society - Dahon Boardwalk 6 report