Bit of an update: It folds small enough to go in the vehicles it has to go in; the Clio is fine 'cos the boot is empty (although the boot cover needs to come off, not the end of the world); the Caddy is a tight fit
, the boss insists on storing loads of junk in his boot, leaving not much space for useful stuff (fridges, cookers, folding bikes) but it goes in without damaging anything. So a win on that front!
I did some researching on the web. Montana are italian, have a big catalogue of utility and sport machines but only one folder - which suggests that they outsource just to fill a hole in the range. The current folder has a slightly different frame design
https://www.montanabike.com/catalogo/consumer/s320-twist-6v-revo/ but is otherwise similarly specced to mine and a similar price point. Montana also seem to be sponsoring two amateur squads and a Continental tour team so not quite a budget importer.
Mine lacks gearing (46t chainring where a 52 would not be out of place), needs an additional spacer under the folding stem because there doesn't seem to be the play necessary to preload the headset properly (they cut the forktube to match the spacer stack almost exactly, a 5mm spacer added should solve that one) and I need to gain a couple of cms on the saddle height which hopefully I can achieve by changing the clip and putting on a sprung leather saddle. After that handlebar ends, the change of pedals that seems likely to come and we are starting to get close to a useful tool for doing things other than what it was bought for.
So far I'm happy with it!!
