Recently, I helped a friend buy a bike.
She's about my age, give or take a couple of years, but hasn't had a bike since she was a teenager. Seeing other people (including yours truly) astride two wheels "made me think: what fun! what a great way to get around!"
The search wasn't easy, though. Of course, I had to think about what kind of bike would ease her back into riding and fit her well.
I think one of those goals was accomplished with a folding bike. Whether we met the other goal, though, is debatable: It's not a Brompton or other high-end folder, so I'm not sure it fits anybody well.
But, as you surely know, the pandemic has induced a bicycle shortage even more acute, I think, than the ones that marked the 1970s Bike Boom. So people like my friend are taking whatever they can get:
