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Randy Rhine

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Anybody here have a Fold Rush? I was thinking of a GRR, but
the dealer has a FR in my size on the floor. And it would
make it easier to fit in the bed of my truck. Could close
the tailgate, which I like to do on longer distances. How
does it compare to a GRR or TE? Can it be folded with a
fender and/or rack on?

thanks,

rr
 
Randy, BROL has a review in the archives. Any one who has
ridden one has raved about the "feel" of the ride.

No one has said it seemed slow, although it must be a bit
heavier and therefore slower up hills.

I would say that the fold capability eliminates the biggest
bad about LWB, by making it easy to transport.

Miles of Smiles, Tom
 
Randy,

My wife Terry and I each have a Fold Rush. I also have a
GRR. I can tell no difference in speed between the FRR and
the GRR. It seems (or maybe I want to believe) that the FRR
is as fast or slightly faster than the FRR. There might be a
slight difference in climbing ability favoring the GRR but I
can't feel it. The FRR is a much smoother bike to ride with
the elastomer in the back. It won't smooth out potholes but
seems to eliminate those annoying cracks in the highway.

You can fold the FRR with the rack attached, but then the
rack is at the bottom of the wheel so you would have to make
a small platform for the FRR's rear wheel to sit on if you
were to carry the bike in the back of a pickup. Easy to do.

I'm going to be selling my medium GRR and keep my FRR when
my Split Easy Burro arrives in about 2 weeks. Terry's
medium/small Fold Rush is for sale now that her Split Easy
Burro has arrived.

Enjoy,

Perry B

"Randy Rhine" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:aqqdnSpZzYUn4BjdRVn-
[email protected]...
> Anybody here have a Fold Rush? I was thinking of a GRR,
> but the dealer has a FR in my size on the floor. And it
> would make it easier to fit in the bed of my truck. Could
> close the tailgate, which I like to do on longer
> distances. How does it compare to a GRR or TE? Can it be
> folded with a fender and/or rack on?
>
> thanks,
>
> rr
 
Well, my split easy burro search produced no results.... can
you tell me who makes it so I can take a look...

--
. Arne, USA (member of the human tribe) . "Perry Butler"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> I'm going to be selling my medium GRR and keep my FRR when
> my Split Easy Burro arrives in about 2 weeks. Terry's
> medium/small Fold Rush is for
sale
> now that her Split Easy Burro has arrived.
 
I might be worth posting this question on the easyracers.com
forums. There might be more fold rush owners willing to
answer these questions.
 
Thanks to those that answered. I found the BROL review.
And...I could alway ask the dealer when I go for a test ride
in the next day or two.

rr

Alan Mushnick wrote:
> I might be worth posting this question on the
> easyracers.com forums. There might be more fold rush
> owners willing to answer these questions.
 
Randy Rhine <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Anybody here have a Fold Rush? I was thinking of a GRR,
> but the dealer has a FR in my size on the floor. And it
> would make it easier to fit in the bed of my truck. Could
> close the tailgate, which I like to do on longer
> distances. How does it compare to a GRR or TE? Can it be
> folded with a fender and/or rack on?
>

I don't have a Fold Rush, but a couple of my friends do. It
will fold with a rack and fender in place. One disadvantage
of the Fold is that it's not compatible with a kickstand- an
annoyance or an inconvienence, depending.

One local FR owner carries it on a hitch rack on the back of
his Toyota Corolla along with his wife's Bikee. They're a
couple weeks away from getting her a Fold Rush, too.

Jeff
 
I to am curious about what a "split easy burro" is.

rr

Arne wrote:
> Well, my split easy burro search produced no results....
> can you tell me who makes it so I can take a look...
 
c'mon folks, can some one tell us what a "split easy burro" is? I'm not
sleeping at night.....
.
Arne, USA (member of the human tribe)
.
"Randy Rhine" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I to am curious about what a "split easy burro" is.
>
> rr
>
>
>
> Arne wrote:
> > Well, my split easy burro search produced no results....
> > can you tell me
who
> > makes it so I can take a look...
 
[email protected] (Jeff Wills) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Randy Rhine <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<aqqdnSpZzYUn4BjdRVn-
> [email protected]>...
> > Anybody here have a Fold Rush? I was thinking of a GRR,
> > but the dealer has a FR in my size on the floor. And it
> > would make it easier to fit in the bed of my truck.
> > Could close the tailgate, which I like to do on longer
> > distances. How does it compare to a GRR or TE? Can it be
> > folded with a fender and/or rack on?
> >
>
> I don't have a Fold Rush, but a couple of my friends do.
> It will fold with a rack and fender in place. One
> disadvantage of the Fold is that it's not compatible with
> a kickstand- an annoyance or an inconvienence, depending.
>
> One local FR owner carries it on a hitch rack on the back
> of his Toyota Corolla along with his wife's Bikee. They're
> a couple weeks away from getting her a Fold Rush, too.
>
> Jeff

Jeff,

I have a kickstand on my Fold Rush. You can't use the one
with two legs, that mounts to the bottom tubes, as the tire
passes up between these two tubes when it folds, but a
stay/side mounted Greenfield stand works adequately. Joe
 
Sounds like it might be a nice option to make available as a
special order, semi-production bike. Anyway...I started this
thread and want to thank those that answered. I ordered a
Fold Rush the other day and am anxiously awaiting it
arrival. The one at the LBS just barely fit, so I was able
to get a decent test ride, but they convinced me that one
size larger would be better. So...I wait. In the meantime,
I'll make due with my EZ Sport...which is a pretty nice bike
as well. Just not in the same class.

rr http://www.randyrhine.com

David Luecke wrote:
> Perry discussed his Split Easy in a previous thread. IIRC,
> it is a Tour Easy with S&S couplers, and since it is a one-
> off, Gardner left the priveledge of naming to Perry.
 
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