Folding Bicycle Blog

Upcoming Book on My Life

Posted by Dr. Yan Lyansky on May 26th 2022

The past year has been difficult on a personal level. Some people may have noticed that I wrote over a hundred Blog posts at the end of last year. It was a coverup to hide some very disturbing events. … read more

Touching the saddle on turns

Posted by Dr. Yan Lyansky on May 4th 2022

Smoothing turns on a bicycle is an art. It takes practice and patience to create perfect controlled turns. One trick to is to remove your butt from the saddle and touch the side of the saddle with you … read more

Time to replace rear tires ( and front )

Posted by Dr. Yan Lyansky on May 3rd 2022

20" wheel tires get more wear than bigger 26"+ wheels. Contact area is limited to a smaller area, due to the small circumference. Over the years I have noticed that it takes about 6 months of daily ri … read more

Summer Plans...Ukraine???

Posted by Dr. Yan Lyansky on May 3rd 2022

I was born in Ukraine and still have family outside Kyev. After the war started I signed up for the Ukrainian Civil Defense Force. I called the embassy about a hundred times and never got through. Mor … read more

Supply Chain Issues Continued

Posted by Dr. Yan Lyansky on May 3rd 2022

The pandemic broke the bicycle supply chain in 2020. Bicycles and parts were hard to come by. News update the supply chain is still broken, Shimano Alfine 8sp internal hubs have a 2 year wait. I expec … read more