The new Urban Lite range of folding bikes offers the commuter a high performance bike that folds in 15 seconds and weighs 9.5kg!

Every commuter cyclist wants a lighter-framed folding bike that they can easily transport while using trains, buses, and bikes to negotiate morning traffic. The Urban Lite range of folding bikes is now being offered online at well below RRP.

The Urban Lite range of bikes

Urban Lite bikes have the lightest frames in the world! Made from strong magnesium alloy and folding in seconds, the Urban Lite range of bikes is made for the urban commuter.

The Urban Lite 1 is an extremely popular item in the range and is available online for just £189.99 (RRP: £249.99). Offered in a range of colors and sporty Shimano 6-speed system with Revoshift twist shifter, folding pedals, 16″ wheels with light alloy rims and quick release seat.

This is the lightest 16 inch folding bike in the world weighing in at 9.5kg and folds down to just 70cm x 50cm x 30cm! Its magnesium alloy frame is stronger than aluminum and won’t rust like steel.

The maximum weight allowed is 105kg and it comes with a twelve month warranty and a deployment time of just twenty (20) seconds!

Currently on sale online with a FREE carrying case, kickstand and padlock worth over £34.00. Good buy!

The lightweight frames ensure that the Urban Lite range of bikes weighs less than 10kg, with the lightest being the Absolut Lite carbon folding bike. This is the lightest 20″ folding bike available on the internet today, weighing in at 7.9kg! Online dealers are offering this lightweight commuter bike at £999.00 (well below the RRP of £1599.99) .A must for serious city travelers.

For those considering something cheaper, the Urban Lite 2 20″ Binder, 10.5kg would be perfect at £199.99. Available in a variety of colours, it comes complete from some online retailers with a carrying case, FREE bracket and padlock valued at around £37.00.

Online dealers now offer a wide range of lightweight frame folding bikes for adults and kids that span mountain bikes, commuter bikes, electric bikes and recumbent bikes at prices well below the recommended retail price (RRP) and often , with value-added items like FREE padlocks, chains and kickstands.

Thinking of switching to a folding bike

More than half of the world’s population lives in a city and every day we endure the daily commute to offices, schools, coffee shops, shopping malls and back home. One in three London commuters use the train to help relieve stress and many now use bicycles to complete the journey to or from the train station.

At some point they will have to bring their bike, and at some point in the near future, trains, buses and planes will no longer allow full-size bikes on board as pressure for space and weight limitation increases. So if you’re a cyclist, it makes sense to buy a lightweight folding bike now.

Folding bike owners are liberal in their praise of folding bikes. These are some of the advantages they have shared with us:

1. Folding bikes make it easy to get around

2. The Urban Range is lighter to get on and off public transport and is generally more accepted as it folds quickly into a small package.

3. Does not take up much space at home in an apartment or townhouse/flat

4. Specs are higher on folding bikes these days.

5. Prices are now comparable to traditional upright bikes

6. They are not as flimsy as they seem

7. Now there is a wide variety of colors and types of folds

8. As parking prices rise, the demand for folding bikes will increase

9. A folding bike is less likely to be stolen since you can take it with you

10. Homeowners feel they are helping cities go ‘green’

11. Folding bikes can be substantially adjusted to fit everyone (children around 14 years old) (maximum inside of rider’s leg is 34″)

As Britain’s ‘green city’ policy takes hold in the country, more and more commuters will swap their cars for folding bikes.