The Folding Society
Event Reports
Reports
on rides and events of possible interest to folder enthusiasts.
Most recent events now listed first.
- Pomms on Pushbikes
- A report by Peter Wilson
on his visit to Australia with an Airnimal Chameleon
- Crete
with a bike in a suitcase
- A report by Peter Wilson
on his visit to Crete with an Airnimal Chameleon
- A
visit to Barcelona
- Bob MacQueen
reports on a visit to Barcelona, and the folder scene there
(aparticularly Bromptons). [14/01/2007]
- Village Focus Bike Race
- Alvin
Lee sent us this report of a
race on 16 Dec 2006 at Angkor Wat,
Cambodia. He was the only rider on a folder, but seems to have enjoyed
himself! The report is in PDF format (ie Adobe Acrobat Reader).
[28/12/2006]
- First
Dutch Origami Ride
- a report by Jan Berkelder
- A ride through history -
Malacca
revisited
- Alvin Lee, from Singapore, provides a most
interesting report on a folder ride he and a friend did to Malacca, a
very historic town in west Malaysia.
- Cycle
Show 2006
- a report on the Cycle Show at ExCeL in London. [05/10/2006]
- Cyclefeast
2006
- a photo report on the very successful event in Northumberland in July
2006. Luke Hayes
also has a photo report of the same event at http://www.cyclefeast.net
[03/08/2006]
- London
to Brighton by Brompton 2006 - a
report by Les Roberts on a team entry for the
London to Brighton event in June 2006 [24/06/2006]
- Snowdrop
Express 100Km Brevet Populaire on an Airnimal Chameleon
- February 2006
- A
folder trip to Jersey
- Rosemary Hadland reports on a recent
visit to the Channel Islands by a group of folder enthusiasts
[06/11/2005]
- Watching
the Tour de France with a Brompton
- a report on a visit to the 2005 event by Susan Barlow [05/09/2005]
- Cyclefeast 2005
- a combined report covering the event and continuing tests of a Dahon
Jetstream P8 with Rohloff hub gear - August 2005
- Cotswold
Outing 100Km Brevet Populaire
- 6 folders on a longer ride (Bromptons and Moultons) - June 2005
- Elgar's
Wheeltracks 100Km Brevet Populaire on an Airnimal Chameleon.
- Staffs
Lanes 100Km Brevet Populaire
- an enjoyable ride by 3 folder enthusiasts on Bromptons and a Bike
Friday
- Report
on my cycling year 2004.
- CycleFest
2004
- a great event at Lancaster in August 2004
- Isle of Wight Ride 2004
- another long weekend holiday with folders
- Moulton
Bicycle Club High Peak Ride, 28 June 2003 -
John Kinsey's annual Moulton ride in the Peak District was a most
enjoyable one.
- Avon Valley Cyclery/Mud Dock
Ride, 7th December 2002
- an opportunity to test various folders at AVC and then ride from Bath
to Bristol
- Change here for Cheltenham
- Dick Hanson's report on the Swindon Smallwheels ride, 16 November 2002
- Swindon Smallwheels ride,
October 2002 -
an enjoyable ride after I managed to get there
- Origami Ride, October 2002
- a brief report on the Bike Friday Special Origami
- C'est dans le sac! -
a folder foray into France in October 2002
- Swindon Smallwheels ride,
September 2002
- great weather and a great place for cycling
- Tin Can Ten
- the event. Read Dick Hanson's entertaining report on
how the folders fared in this event.
- Tin Can Ten - preparation.
Dick Hanson describes his preparations to take part in the 'Tin Can
Ten' on a folder.
- Folder in the Lake District
- a week in the Lake District with a Brompton SP.
- Coast to Coast by Brompton
and Cyclists on the Jubilee Parade
- Read Dave Minter's reports.
- Birdy
Weekend
- A report and photographs from the first event of its
kind in Darmstadt (Germany) on 24-26 May 2002
- Welsh Trains Ride 2
- Riding on trains and folders, and taking in two narrow gauge steam
railways.
- First
Swindon Smallwheels Ride
report
- Mon
& Brec ride report - in
the form of a PDF file. Click
here to download the zip file
- Folders/separables at the V-CC camp
2001:
An Australian view: Dave Minter and Susan Barlow are Australians
working here in the UK, and are regulars at the Meriden Origami ride
and other events (they also did the Welsh Trains ride in 2001). Read
Dave's report to friends in Australia of his experiences at the
Veteran-Cycle Club camp in 2001.
- Report
on my cycling year 2001
now
available - not as complete as I would have wished
due to continuing eye problems.
- Portmeirion
2001
- a
report on the annual autumn holiday in North Wales
- Moulton
Bicycle Club Bradford on Avon Weekend 2001
- Report
on
the Moulton Bicycle Club ride in Lancaster on 14th October.
- Report
on
the Moulton Bicycle Club ride in Stockport on 27th October.
(includes more general observations on the Birdy and other folders)
- A
Birdy in Scotland -
an illustrated report on a visit to
Scotland by train and Birdy in September 2001.
- Welsh Trains Ride
- an illustrated
report on the ride between (and on) various preserved railways in Wales
in September 2001
- Over the Sea to Skye -
a
report on a holiday in Scotland, Skye and the Western Isles in May
2001, on a New Series Moulton and New Series Speed ('Pylon')
- Illustrated
report on the Origami
Ride at Milton Keynes on 14th April 2001
- Portmeirion
2000
- the
annual autumn/winter event in North Wales for folder enthusiasts;
includes impressions on riding the Airnimal Chameleon
- CycleFest 2000
- an
illustrated report on the event at Lancaster in August 2000 (Warning:
size is about 1M)
- Weymouth 2000
- an
illustrated report of the very informal gathering at Weymouth in May
2000
- Portmeirion 1999
- the annual
autumn/winter event in North Wales for folder enthusiasts
- Moulton
Bradford on Avon Weekend - 4th-5th September 1999
- Read what Dr
Moulton had to say about Bromptons!
- Mini Ride to Silverstone
- the 40th birthday of the Mini (car), celebrated by Moultoneers (Dr
Moulton
designed the suspension for the Mini, just in case you didn't know)
- Richard Mathews' C2C ride by
Brompton - the ride
- Richard Mathews' C2C ride by
Brompton - preparation
- Ledbury ride 31 July 1999
- More advantages of using a folder
- 5 July 1999 -not so much an event, more of an occurrence.
- Glasgow to Inverness by Brompton
- a ride by John Richfield, his son, Tom (13), Simon Baddeley (57), and
his
daughter Amy (13) during July '99
- Over the sea to Skye
- Graham and Amanda McDermott and Peter Evans report on their holiday. This
was a 'live report' originally published on
the web pages during the week while they were away.
- Informal gathering in Weymouth,
- 14-16 May 1999
- Blaenau Ffestiniog to Wolverhampton
- a short tour with folding and separable cycles
- Bike 99, NEC 9-11 April 1999
- Cycle and Leisure Exhibition, 1
March 1999
- London Ride 17 January 1999
- San Francisco Ride, 16 January 1999
- Origami I Mech E Ride, 9
January 1999
- Origami Mince Pie Ride,
12 December 1998
- Mr Portly's Christmas Ride, 12
December 1998
- Portmeirion, 27-30 November 1998
- Origami Ride, November
1998
- Mud Dock, November 1998
- including Steve Parry's 20 inch wheeled Birdy
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