I took my first real ride on my Downtube Mini folding bike over the weekend. I mentioned earlier that I had brought the folding bike with me to Los Angeles, since I wouldn’t have a car while I was here.

Someone at work had mentioned that San Vincente Boulevard was a nice road to take to …

Well, at least using my experience with one trip, it works.

In my previous post, “In theory: how to survive when on travel without a car – the folding bike”, I discussed this idea for staying in a city without a car. I showed a picture of the bike and a picture of the bike folded in a suitcase. …

So for a period of time in the near future I will be working and doing research in a place where I will not have a car. This might not be so bad if it were not for the commute back and forth to the office.

So my solution, perhaps with my engineering background showing a bit too much, was to buy …