FF1 Part 1

I recently finished frame number 28. This one was designated as FF1. FF for "Fast Fold". Its mission statement was: A travel bike for day touring that can convenientily pack to a convenient size. Lets go deeper into the two requirements. A Travel Bike This bike would be for vacations centered around travel by bicycle. This would usually be called "credit card touring". The bike would not need to be able to carry four panniers for self-sufficient global touring. It also does not need to handle extreme distances or elevations. It does not need to handle bikepacking terrain. Since traveling might result in the bike being damaged en route, or possible stolen, it can't be too precious. I don't want to invest too much time or money in fancy materials and complex machining. If the bike can mostly look "like a bike" that's even better. Inspirations for this mode of travel with more normal bikes were: Pal Pete's travels with his Bridgestone and his "throw it in a bag" attitude seemed to match…