what's the best type of folding bike?

There really is no good offroad folding bike, depending what you mean by offroad. For on the road, however, the Strida has my vote. Super comfortable and very eye-catching http://strida.com/ .

folding and offroad

bad combination

best brands can be very $$$$$$$

bike friday makes good ones

moulton

the folding method, weight, speed of folding, size folded, etc all vary a lot

you have to research it more to even see what the issues are

montague paratrooper was a folding mtb

heavy though

ugly

$$$$

may still be around

fuji made one about 15 years ago

folding mtb

modern folders are TERN , most of their stuff seems good

not sure if they have mtb or not

you have a basic problem though

folding bikes aren;t good to begin with really

and a bike that is good for off road is usually TERRIBle on the road

yet i bet you won;t be ''offroad'' more than 5% of the time

so you might want to at least drop that requirement

it makes the rest too hard

for no reason really

wle

get a bike hoist.

I ride a folder. Most folders are only secondary bikes. The montague is the only

real off road folder. Most others are convenience bikes. Any folder is going

to be a compromise.

get a bike hoist, and 2 real bikes.