# New Dahon Curl is out - brompton copy - 'Dabrom' **URL:** \ **Category:** Off Topic Chat\ **Created:** [February 8, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://www.stridaforum.com/t/new-dahon-curl-is-out-brompton-copy-dabrom/290 "2009-02-08T20:55:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FoldingFan](https://www.stridaforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@FoldingFan](https://www.stridaforum.com/u/FoldingFan)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://www.stridaforum.com/t/new-dahon-curl-is-out-brompton-copy-dabrom/290/1 "2009-02-08T20:55:35Z")
See page 2 of the following link - Preview of Taipei show [download.taipeitradeshows.com.tw … P30-35.pdf](http://download.taipeitradeshows.com.tw/2009/cycle/Show_Preview/P30-35.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![Amuro\_Lee](https://www.stridaforum.com/user_avatar/www.stridaforum.com/amuro_lee/32/4_2.png) [@Amuro\_Lee](https://www.stridaforum.com/u/Amuro_Lee)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 8:02am UTC](https://www.stridaforum.com/t/new-dahon-curl-is-out-brompton-copy-dabrom/290/2 "2009-02-09T08:02:07Z")
The design patent of the folding mechanism of Brompton expired long time ago… [freepatentsonline.com/4182522.html](http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4182522.html) Dahon boss praises Brompton > [@Dahon boss praises Brompton](https://www.stridaforum.com/t/dahon-boss-praises-brompton/25/1): > > Source: [bikebiz.co.uk/news/26434/Dah … s-Brompton](http://www.bikebiz.co.uk/news/26434/Dahon-boss-praises-Brompton) [size=150]Dahon boss praises Brompton[/size] 18:45, Apr 4th 2007 by Carlton Reid Josh Hon, son of Dahon founder Dr David Hon, has posted a comment to the trade-only forum of [BikeBiz.com](http://BikeBiz.com). This was in response to a heated debate between Dahon’s UK agent and the marketing manager for Brompton. Hon writes: “A person on a bike, even if another brand, is a lot better than that same person in a car.” Here’s Josh Hon’s comments: "I’d heard from a f… Andrew Ritchie stepped down from the post of managing director last year. [business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/b … 364276.ece](http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/entrepreneur/article4364276.ece) The marketing strategy of Brompton seems changing recently, too. 😒 [foldingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=92](http://www.foldingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=92) Here is a larger picture of the Dahon Curl ![](https://www.stridaforum.com/uploads/default/original/2X/3/343182f355b1b28395a19c74d52c128bb2242129.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![chainstrainer](https://www.stridaforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@chainstrainer](https://www.stridaforum.com/u/chainstrainer)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://www.stridaforum.com/t/new-dahon-curl-is-out-brompton-copy-dabrom/290/3 "2009-02-09T21:25:55Z")
Anyone know the tire size? 305? 349? ---
**Author:** ![chainstrainer](https://www.stridaforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@chainstrainer](https://www.stridaforum.com/u/chainstrainer)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://www.stridaforum.com/t/new-dahon-curl-is-out-brompton-copy-dabrom/290/4 "2009-02-09T21:26:04Z")
What are the folded dimensions? ---
**Author:** ![EvilV](https://www.stridaforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@EvilV](https://www.stridaforum.com/u/EvilV)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://www.stridaforum.com/t/new-dahon-curl-is-out-brompton-copy-dabrom/290/5 "2009-02-09T21:28:10Z")
It’ll be interesting to see how they price this bike. Thanks for the links. And by the way - thanks for getting the spammers out of here. ---
**Author:** ![Amuro\_Lee](https://www.stridaforum.com/user_avatar/www.stridaforum.com/amuro_lee/32/4_2.png) [@Amuro\_Lee](https://www.stridaforum.com/u/Amuro_Lee)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://www.stridaforum.com/t/new-dahon-curl-is-out-brompton-copy-dabrom/290/6 "2009-02-09T21:37:34Z")
> [@EvilV](#): > > thanks for getting the spammers out of here. Sometimes the spammers will break the security but we will fix it within a few days. Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Amuro\_Lee](https://www.stridaforum.com/user_avatar/www.stridaforum.com/amuro_lee/32/4_2.png) [@Amuro\_Lee](https://www.stridaforum.com/u/Amuro_Lee)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.stridaforum.com/t/new-dahon-curl-is-out-brompton-copy-dabrom/290/7 "2009-02-14T15:34:56Z")
Drawings of the Dahon Curl from the US Patent Office. Full patent document [http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20070210556.pdf](http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20070210556.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![Amuro\_Lee](https://www.stridaforum.com/user_avatar/www.stridaforum.com/amuro_lee/32/4_2.png) [@Amuro\_Lee](https://www.stridaforum.com/u/Amuro_Lee)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://www.stridaforum.com/t/new-dahon-curl-is-out-brompton-copy-dabrom/290/8 "2011-05-04T16:11:41Z")
Information on Dahon China’s website. [http://www.dahon.com.cn/prouctlist2.asp?listid=127](http://www.dahon.com.cn/prouctlist2.asp?listid=127) Here is the English translation by Google. [translate.google.com/translate?j … stid%3D127](http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dahon.com.cn%2Fprouctlist2.asp%3Flistid%3D127) ---
**Author:** ![Friso](https://www.stridaforum.com/user_avatar/www.stridaforum.com/friso/32/2591_2.png) [@Friso](https://www.stridaforum.com/u/Friso)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 6:30am UTC](https://www.stridaforum.com/t/new-dahon-curl-is-out-brompton-copy-dabrom/290/9 "2025-07-02T06:30:34Z")