In a way, what I try to do with photography, Dahon is doing with foldable bicycles. I got myself a small, sleek one. The nice thing is, it doesn’t seem to intimidate pedestrians, even if you cruise alongside with them right on the sidewalk. Still, this beast is fast: Yesterday I found myself in a race against a cab (with friend in it) from 96th street down to 47th, during relatively light traffic, and beat her by a solid four minutes. Of course, afterwards it occurred to me that I could have just put the bike in the trunk, and went with her in the cab…