5 Reasons We Love Folding Bikes

by Flat Bike FlatBike

Once rare, folding bikes are everywhere. Not just those little bikes, but now full size folding road bikes can be seen being ridden all over the streets of America. If you've ever wondered what accounts for the newfound popularity of these ride-able gizmos, here are a few reasons.

1. Riding a Bike is Great Exercise

Any time you can replace a passive, sedentary type of transportation such as driving a car, and replace it with an active exercise like riding a bike, you're making a substantial improvement in your overall health. Folding bikes make it quick and easy to ride a bike to work, the grocery store, your kid's soccer game, wherever. Once you have a full size folding road bike, you'll be amazed how much more active your lifestyle becomes.

2. Opens up the Use of Public Transportation

If you live in a city where there's great public transportation, but none of it is near you, then a folding bike opens you up to a whole world of new transportation opportunities. You don't have to worry about securing your bike to the front rack of a bus or anything like that. You just ride to your subway or bus stop, fold up the bike, and take it with you. It's that simple.

3. Your New Bike Is Unlikely to Get Stolen

If you ride your bike to work, you can fold it and put it next to your desk. You won't have to secure it to a bike rack, then periodically check on it to make sure it's still there. You know it's there because you can see it. Your bike will always be safer than traditional bikes because you can store it indoors behind lock and key with everything else you own.

4. Save Money and the Environment

Due to the incredible flexibility and ease of use folding bikes have to offer, you can drive your car less than ever before. This will save you money on gas and repairs, not to mention prevent CO2 and toxic emissions from entering the atmosphere. Bike riding isn't just good for you, it's good for the planet.

5. Save Space

While you're not using your bike, it can be safely stowed away in any closet in your home. They can be so compact, they don't require any extra room in the garage or on the balcony. They're so easy to store, folding bikes can actually simplify your life.

Mostly, full size folding road bikes are fun! When you can fold and take your bike with you wherever you go, you're likely to ride your bike more, and that's a good thing.