I don't see much benefit in a folding recumbent bike, as the benefits of such a bike are best when the bike is designed to do what its good at, that is, to provide a good aerodynamic platform for riding. It has other drawbacks, such as lack of visibility from cars compared to an upright rider too. However, in terms of folding bikes, this is the best that I've seen:
I apologise if what I stated was misinterpreted, perhaps it has been biased due to my experiences riding a bike to work. I have no doubt there are good recumbents that ride well, folding is a bonus, though from what I've seen they're somewhat larger than a normal bike.
As I ride a bike off the side of the road to and from work, I cannot see myself sharing the tarmac with cars whizzing past at 90-100km/h while I'm in a recumbent vehicle. I think they're a great idea, particularly if faired so that rain isn't an issue, however, I don't see them being that practical, particularly in terms of flying to another city and unfolding the bike and riding away from the airport. Again, this may be biased due to my experiences, and it must be added, Australia hasn't the same scale of large cities as elsewhere.
Rank - Statistical Division/District - Preliminary Estimated Resident Population, 2005 [2]
1 Sydney, New South Wales 4,254,894
2 Melbourne, Victoria 3,634,233
3 Brisbane, Queensland 1,810,943
4 Perth, Western Australia 1,477,815
5 Adelaide, South Australia 1,129,269
5 cities totalling over 12 million out a national population of 20 million. Pretty urban, although each city does cover a reasonable area. This means more riding in traffic compared with more compact cities.
Rank - Urban sub-area - Population - Ceremonial county - Notes
1 London 7,172,091 Greater London, City of London Greater London administrative area only
2 Birmingham 970,892 West Midlands Metropolitan district, minus Sutton Coldfield, which is counted separately, plus areas in the north of the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull (Castle Bromwich etc)
3 Liverpool 469,017 Merseyside Metropolitan district, plus some areas outside
4 Leeds 443,247 West Yorkshire
5 Sheffield 439,866 South Yorkshire Excludes the suburbs of Beighton, Chapeltown and Mosborough/Highlane
