Our friend Israel Melendez just wrapped up the GFNY Championship NYC–the only rider on a folding bike. Check out those stats, including a 51.4 mi/h (82 km/h) top speed.

"I was the only folding bike in the event among 5,000 participants BUT received about 1,000 "cool bike!", 500 "nice bike", 800 "Awesome!", a dozen "Respect!" and so on... YES, you can do Gran Fondo New York on a Tern Folding bike - 100 miles with more than 9,000 feet of elevation gain."