Hi - I have an older Tern 7 speed. I use a Gold permanent marker pen to identify my seat post height. All the best with it 👍

Love the vlog, I have a 24 speed Tern from 2012 and love it , it has a 3 speed internal hub a bit like on a Brompton that's linked to a 8 speed rear cassette, my seatpost was alloy so I just scored the black paint with a Stanley knife and that was perfect. Keep up the good work regards Bob.

That sounds like a fair assessment, all the more because you've stumped up your own cash to buy it. I rode a folder years ago and found the narrowness of the handlebars made it feel very twitchy. I think they have a place for mixing public transport with a bike use and for those unlucky to have nowhere to store a bike. The Brompton has a huge following and I watch a couple of You tubers who camp and tour for long distances so as people say 'you can tour on any type of bike'. Thanks for the video, they're always interesting

Get a silver Sharpie permanent marker pen. Used one to mark my black chair at work 😊

Regarding the gear ratios - because of the 20" wheels the gear ratios will feel much lower than the same chainring/cassette sizes on a 700c road bike.

Regarding the saddle height, what works for me on all my bikes (but is particularly useful on my folding bike) is to put my arm over the bike (if I'm standing on the right of the bike, my left arm, if on the left my right arm - but I'm not sure this is relevant), touch the crank bolt dustcap with the pad of my middle finger, and raise the saddle into my armpit - it gets the height correct every time, for me at least. Also, when folding the bike and lowering the saddle, turn it back to front - it helps in carrying the bike. I really like my Link C7 (a few years old now) but my gripe with it is that it's still a bit too big and awkward for public transport - otherwise a lovely bike. The bottom gear isn't as low as I like for my local rural hills either but for urban cycling, it is fine. Non cycling friends find the handling a bit "lively" but I love it.

Great piece of kit... But yeah EVERY NEW bike I've bought has had an issue it's disgusting what's not been checked or correctly set up, I'm just glad I can sort em out myself... Anyway I'll stop now cos I could go on and on... Enjoy your new ride fella.. 👍🏻👍🏻

Always dreaming of an epic voyage starting with a flight into an obscure airport with a folder. My children are all on 70's folders and shoppers at the moment, collosal weight, 12kg is great.

Good review, tern's are good bikes. The steerer feels really solid compared to the adjustable ones, which being a bit older I fitted 30mm riser bars and sprung saddle made the bike perfect for me. You've put a good rack on your one.

I presume the handlebar height is adjustable whereas on the Btwin it’s fixed. I love folders but prefer internal hubs as they don’t get knocked out of true so easily as derailleur gears, which are also closer to the ground. You can take a Folder anywhere- bus,train, car etc, no need to book, and there’s less farther to fall as you get older !! Keep up with the videos - thank you !

Using a high speed ⅛" to ¼" steel drill bit, drill into the very front of the seatpost....no deeper than necessary to allow that white paint drop to avoid being scraped off. You can always go deeper but not the other way around. I love your videos here in the Colonies, Indiana.

Great review, just what I was after... Being 6ft I was also keen on seeing the bike with the seat post fully extended. 👍

Merci pour cette vidéo. J'ai un Tern Link D8 qui est assez proche. Ce genre de vélo roule vraiment très bien, aussi vite qu'un vélo de ville classique. Pour le prix je trouve qu'il est très correct, et bien plus facile à ranger et transporter qu'un vélo classique. Je trouve que c'est une bonne idée de pouvoir le mettre dans un chariot de supermarché pour faire de petites courses. Je n'y aurais pas pensé.

Looks great for shopping and commuting. I'm terrified of leaving my bike outside a shop. It's a bit like watching supermarket sweep when I go shopping 😂 I just scratch a line into my seatpost.

At the end of the day a bike is 2 wheels and 3 mounting points for a meat motor, get the motor mounts in the right place and these smaller folding bikes are pretty nippy. I love my Birdy with a Rohloff hub, I wear casual clothes most of the time and I do find it doesn't antagonise other road users compared to riding my racing bike while wearing lycra. Being able to just hop onto a train without having to book a bike space, hop onto a bus or even grab a taxi opens up a whole new range of journeys. Folding bikes are very popular in the Far East and plenty of folk use them for touring, mine has rear rack, two forks mounts for panniers, mudguards, dynamo lighting and a sidestand, with the huge gear range of the Rohloff it will climb anything!

Thanks! Nice job! As I'm 184 cm tall, i was considering a Tern bike, instead of a Decathlon folding bike (and for other reasons too...). Did you notice a little bigger frame in the Tern? It's suposed that the maximum rider height in Tern is 190cm, but in Decathlon folding bikes is 185cm... 😅

Excellent review. Love it. Just a shame about your experience with the bike shop and initial setup. Ride safe and take care. Jay

Thanks for the review! Love the honest feedback and footage of folding/unfolding. Would this be able to take a child seat at the rear? Been trying to find someone who did it.

Oh use a dremmel with one of those small round diamond heads and score a little line on your seatpost if you use a little rest around the tube you get a perfect line.. 😉👍🏻

Thank you for your review as I am interested in a Link D7i which I believe is the same frame & of course without a Tern Dealer close by that carries them. You covered several of my concerns like will I fit being 175 cm tall, will the bike be wobbly, is it feasible to place in a shopping cart & is it suitable to be used for multi modal transport? So if I can find one, I think Tern has another customer. :)

How long is the seatpost? And it's size? 28.6, 31.8 whatever? We've all got bike shops we're not crazy about.

If I'm changing right of seat post tend 2 mark it with bit of masking tape

Is it not illegal or at least blasphemous in the UK to own any folding bike that is not a Brompton? 😂😂. The Terns here (🇨🇦) are half to 2/3 cheaper than Bromptons. I do like my B7 but find Bromptons smoother. Seems to be a crankarm length or chainrings size fir me. However Terns are well made, ride well, and are fun, all with regular, shop accessible parts.

Is it a threaded BB . so you could fit a hollow tech chainset with maybe a 46 ring. I guess u could also retro fit hollow QR axels to get around the spanner issue.

Would you recommend this for a first bike? I'm looking for a folding bike, probably use it for 30-35 km (in total) twice a week. Thanks for great review.

Lets make a wee film of the Tern at Whinlatter?!

use electrical tape to mark the seat post height