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Coast to Coast with a Lightweight Folding Bike

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Bersagliari - Italian Light Infantry crossing rough terrain with folding bikes   'I'm not really a cyclist,'  I said, crouching to unfasten the folding bike from the modified baby carrier, '...kind of, well... more of a trail runner really.'    The guy in the bike shop took a big bite of cake:   'Fo, let me get thif right...' He looked me me straight in the eye, adding: 'What you're faying is... you're going to run the Coaft to Coaft wif a bike strapped to y'back..?'   'Well, I can't see there being much running,' I'd replied.    But then there never is at my age anyway... so no change there then... *****    To be honest, after a whole year of planning, and now on my third folding bike, I was quickly going off the whole idea. If I didn't get stuck in, whatever the outcome, I could see the whole affair dissipating very quickly leaving yet more clutter in the garage.    I'd made enquiries over