What's cool with bike shorts/bibs? My friends who cycle pretty seriously say just get bibs. My not wanting to spend a lot of money thinks just get shorts. I'm wanting to add cycling into my workout routine. I'm having a hard time running more than 45 minutes without my knees hurting. My bike seems like a good way to mix it up a bit.
If I needed a bike that breaks down, that's the route I'd go. Obviously, you're probably not gonna ship your frame over here for that, but maybe there's a European builder who does something similar. In fact, I just looked and found this list: http://www.sandsmachine.com/fbplist.htm#Foreign
Waterford and a bunch of other builders do coupler bikes although they are usually pretty expensive vs a folding bike...
Also just a heads up bilenky does really cool stuff but girlfriend had a terrible experience with them and a custom bike build... long story short they seem to have cash flow problems and aren't super ethical....(pm for details)
It was super shitty as she had personally gotten to know them over the course of a few years while living in philly / having them do some work for her.
She's the type of person that drops in with breakfast or donuts/coffee for bike people just to say hey or get minor things fixed so was just super disappointing.