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Re:Folding bicycle small enough to fit in hand luggage by iso1631 on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @06:50AM (#30777083)
The easy answer is go to a bike shop and do a test ride. I guess it will depend more on your build - how much height is in your legs vs body for example.
Re:Folding bicycle small enough to fit in hand luggage by necovek on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @07:53AM (#30777499)
I guess Al-Khwarizmi comes from the near East and from 9th century or thereabouts, so there are no local stores for them to try out, but online shopping works perfect since they deliver to all places and to all times.

Being similarly tall with longish legs (especially my thigh bone, important for eg. legroom in cars, airplanes...), I'd be extremely weary of jumping on a bike that's not suitably sized, no matter what claims people make how a smaller bike can fit you.

But what matters just the same is your arm length, body length and such: basically, how far down and in the front you can reach when properly seated above the pedals? I've only got "average" arms (my wingspan matches my height), so smaller frames mean hard to reach handlebars.

When you can't easily try a bike out, if it's not rated for at least 2-3" (5-8cm) taller riders than you are, I wouldn't get it because your balance and posture will suffer.

Re:Folding bicycle small enough to fit in hand luggage by iso1631 on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @08:41AM (#30777832)
Why would you think that?

Looking at comments, they come from western Spain, there's plenty of Bike shops in say Cáceres‎.

If I was spending €1000+ on a bike I was going to use for the next decade, I'd want to try it out first

Re:Folding bicycle small enough to fit in hand luggage by necovek on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @08:53AM (#30777932)
Sorry, I was only going with their name: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Musa_al-Khwariz...

I was hoping 9th century mention would give it away though.