Designed by Jon Whyte, ex Formula 1 guru who went on to design a range of full-suspension bikes for Marin, the Mezzo is a stylish, light and practical folding bike with a 16" wheel.

One of its main and much-vaunted characteristics, like the Birdy, is a hinge-free main frame, which eliminates any possibility of flex when riding. It has several other very atractive features: It folds fast and uses self-locking catches, it uses standard transmission and brake components, and its light and stiff aluminium frame has integrated mudguards and rack. The whole lot is anodised rather than painted, creating a hard, highly durable and attractive finish with a stunning selection of colours, including charcoal, sand, green, blue, red and black.

Mezzo offers 3 models, a 4 speed hub gear, a 9 speed and a 10 speed derailleur gear.

The folded bike is compact with respect to most other folders, although not quite as compact as the Brompton. Given that this bike does not fold the main frame, however, this is no surprise.

Ride quality is good, if a little strange at first owing to the 'tiller' effect of the extra long handlebar stem.

We like its looks and its extremely interesting design innovations above all.

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Mezzo D10

£925.00

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The Mezzo D10 introduces a whole new genre to the small wheeled folding bike - the sports bike. This 10 speed bike is treated to a complete new frame design, replacing the tubular frame with a monocoque design manufactured by welding two clam halves together. The resulting frame is lighter and stiffer than the original frame still used for the I4 and D9. The new design has also allowed some very elegant curves to be included into the frame shape - it really is a beauty.

The heart of the bike is its 10 speed Shimano 105 gear system with flat bar trigger shifter, which does the business lightly and crisply. The result is a bike that can fly up hills and power down them.

The D10 folds in the same easy way as its two siblings, creating a neat, light and compact package.

Having received glowing reviews from most testers, from Bike Radar to The Gadget Show, it is clear that the Mezzo in general and the D10 in particular have struck a chord with the iPod generation and managed to achieve the very difficult - make a folding bike cool and hip without the name Brompton written on the frame.

Good for short and medium distance commutes and medium distances on the open road. It's expensive at just under £1000, but if you take advantage of a Cycle-to-Work scheme, it suddenly becomes quite a proposition - that's got you thinking now hasn't it?

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Finance available through Cyclescheme

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