
Hi all, I plan to buy a trifold foldable bike from Alibaba or aliexpress.
I need a trifold bike as I live in a tiny home, and it's perfect. Also, I can use all the accessories from my Brompton bike.
I've been looking for a dual-fold bike like the Tern etc, but it's still too big and takes up too much space. I plan to use this bike as a winter bike and my Brompton in the summer.
So, as a winter bike, I need disc brakes and studded tires and the bike I would prefer to be aluminum as the salt of the road will eat the chromoly steel, but I am open to cleaning the frame to slow the rust. I have been looking around and see that the Mint folding bike 20inch 9 speed from Alibaba is perfect but the only problem is that the tire is 20×1.35 and I need to change the tire to a studded tire Marathon Winter PlusMarathon Winter Plus 20×1.60.
Does anyone know if it will fit 20×1.60?
Tire link: https://www.schwalbetires.com/Marathon-Winter-Plus-11116448.02
by Long-Director-7345
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Road salt will eat an aluminum bike too. Every paint flaw will pit and running gear will corrode too. A freshwater rinse is the best cure.
I would buy a used 20” bifold and find a way to make it work. Those AliExpress bike scare me.
I ordered one of these today but it won’t show up til Feb, I’m curious about tire size as well, will report back when it arrives