After riding around on the bikes yesterday and realizing how much of a pain it is to transport the bikes via MRT if we wanted to go to say, Dan Shui, we went back to the store and exchanged the bright yellow, nonfoldable Louis Garneau for a beige, foldable Dahon. There are only a certain number of MRT stops that allow you to bring bikes on and off, which I still don't really understand because the trains still stop at every stop. The only reason for it I could think of was because the elevators might not all be big enough to fit bikes. But meh, they really should better plan this bring your bikes onto the MRT thing because more and more people are buying and using bikes as a form of exercise and leisure activity. It's such a hassle to have to ride the bike to Gong Guan when I live near Gu Ting and then I have to get off at Suang Lian when I want to go to Chung Shan just because only Gong Guan and Suang Lian allow bikes into the station. Also, the single elevators at these stops only fit two bikes at a time, so we had to line up and wait for our turn to get up. Imagine if there were 10 people with bikes, we'd have to wait forever! Especially since the elevators are pretty slow. And, it costs 80nt for the bike to go on a single trip. That's kinda pricey. If it were say, 80nt for an entire day, then that'd be more worth it. I think the government or whoever runs the MRT should come up with a better plan.

Anyway, so here's the pic for the new bike.

Non-Folded

Folded!

Definitely saves more space, especially in our tiny little apartment. Also, it comes with a bag, so we can just carry the bike onto the MRT and bypass the 80nt fee for the bikes and also get on and off wherever we like. It's pretty easy to fold, just takes a couple of steps and voila! it's folded. The only downside to the folded bike is that it's heavier to carry around than when it's not folded. But eh, can't have everything, eh? :)

So this is the new addition to our family. We had to say bye bye to Mr. Yellow.