With such tiny, close-together wheels, it's no wonder the Union folds up so well
Good lord! What on Earth were Weiche Wu and Minhan Lin thinking when they came up with this absurd concept. design for a folding bike? Perhaps the goal was to make a bike so tall and with a wheelbase so short that only a child with very long legs (think Kermit, only human) could ride it? Or perhaps they planned on making a bike that could be made to look like a golf cart when folded?
I'll settle on my favorite theory: that they simply allowed a shopping cart and an stationary bike interbreed.
The Union, as it is named, might be all but impossible to ride, what with those tiny wheels and the aforementioned wheelie-tastic wheelbase, but the folding mechanism is pretty clever. First the seat "post" folds int the "top-tube," and then both scissor shut into the bottom section.
Then the steerer telecopes down, and the bottom wheel hinges into the main body. The result resembles a Dyson vacuum cleaner more than a bike, and it can be easily dragged along on the remaining visible wheel.
The boys do get extra points for actually making the Union, too, instead of just mocking it up inside a computer. And if your commute involves a train, and perfectly flat and smooth terrain to and from both stations, I guess this might work out.
A Better Folding Cycle [Yanko]
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