Mµ XL
Perfect for
  • Lunch rides to that great new café.
  • Beating traffic on a morning ride into the city.
  • Weekend rides around Central Park.
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The Mµ XL is the ultimate city bike: it features plush suspension, selfgenerated lighting, luggage capacity, puncture resistant tires, and style to spare. The Shimano Nexus 8 Premium hub delivers eight widely spaced gears, excellent efficiency, marvelously smooth shifting, and low maintenance. And because it folds, you’ll never need to leave your precious Mµ XL outside, in the care of bike thieves. For 2008, the Mµ XL is updated with the marvelous new V-Clamp hinge and Radius handlepost.
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COLOR
SPEEDS 8
GEAR INCHES 28" - 86"
DISTANCE: SEAT POST TO HANDLEBAR Min: 600 mm (23.6") Max: 660 mm (26")
DISTANCE: SADDLE TO PEDAL Min: 690 mm (27.2") Max: 980 mm (38.6")
FOLDED SIZE 33 x 64 x 81 cm (13" x 27" x 32.5")
WEIGHT 13.8 kg (30.4 lbs) fully equipped
FOLDING TIME 15 seconds
SUGGESTED RIDER HEIGHT 142 cm - 193 cm (4'8" - 6'4")
MAX RIDER WEIGHT 105 kg (230 lbs)
FRAME P Series, 7005 butted aluminum alloy, custom-drawn Sonus tubing, V-Clamp forged hinge
FORK Dahon SlipStream™, Puro™ U7 aluminum, patented Fusion™ technology, double butted tubing
HANDLEPOST Radius Telescope™, adjustable, patented Fusion™ technology, forged aluminum, Covert QR technology, patented InSide™ lock
HANDLEBAR 6061-T6 aluminum, Flat bar
HEADSET Dahon Fusion 2, Zero stack, cartridge bearings
GRIPS Ergon
SADDLE BioLogic™ AirFlo, Mojo Groove design
SEAT POST BioLogic™ suspension seat post, 40mm travel, forged clamp
SEAT CLAMP Dahon Turtleneck clamp
BRAKES Kinetix SpeedStop V brakes, stainless flex noodle, stainless link and bolts, “SilentGrip” ceramic brake pads
BRAKE LEVERS BioLogic™ VB, integrated bell, ergonomic levers with Kraton insert
BRAKE CABLE & HOUSING Dahon LiveWire, SIS housing, slick cable
FRONT HUB BioLogic™ Joule dynamo
REAR HUB Dahon Special Edition Shimano Premium Nexus 8
SPOKES 18/10 stainless steel, brass nipples or Sapim Leader, stainless steel (EU assembly)
NIPPLES Sapim Polyax, self aligning, SILS locking system, brass
RIMS Kinetix Comp, doublewall, CNC machined sidewalls, wear line indicator
TIRES Schwalbe Marathon Racer, 85 psi, Qualifier Compound casing, RaceGuard puncture protection, Reflex
SHIFTER Shimano Nexus 8, Revo
CRANKSET Kinetix Wing, cold-forged 6061 aluminum crank arms, hand-polished
FREEWHEEL Shimano 16T
BOTTOM BRACKET Cartridge, sealed bearings
CHAIN KMC RustBuster or SRAM SaltShaker (EU Assembly)
PEDALS MKS EZY quick release pedals
PAINT Powder clear coat
CHAINGUARD Full chainguard
KICKSTAND Aluminum, Dacromet bolt
CLIP SYSTEM Magnetix™ system
ACCESSORY Reflective pants clip
FRONT LIGHT Spanninga Micro FF, halogen, dynamo powered
REAR LIGHT Spanninga Premium, LED
MUDGUARDS SKS Mini 20, stainless hardware
RACK ArcLite, tubular aluminum, luggage strap
*Note: These are our standard model specifications. The specifications for your country may differ slightly. We do our best to ensure that the specifications listed here accurately reflect the exact parts found on our production bikes. However, component changes do occur for various reasons and there may be brief delays on site updates. Also our distributors also regularly ask us to make component modifications to better reflect the requirements of their local markets. We reserve the right to make component changes without prior notification, which may cause discrepancies with the information listed on the web.
El bolso carry bag
AirPorter suitcase
KlickFix luggage
Dahon manuals

Folding and Unfolding Guide

Hubs Manual

Shifters Manual
dahon reviews

The magazine commented that the Mµ XL is a very luxurious bike that is easy to stash in trunks.
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- Alpe Adria Magazine, Austria
May 2008

"The Mµ XL is a top of the line city bike and has just about everything you would want on an urban commuter, including plush suspension, lighting, luggage capacity, and style to spare."
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- Lift Magazine, USA
January 2008

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- Frankfurter Allgemeine, Germany
December 2007

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- ÖAMTC, Austria
July 2008

"Dahon's Mµ XL offers a speed, practical ride and folds very small...In short, it's one of the most important bikes there is."
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- Bicycling Magazine, USA
November 2007

"Impressive detail design and finish on all parts of the Dahon's folding mechanism, and a stylish overall appearance."
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- Velovision, UK
December 2006

"Best price-performance ratio "
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- RADtouren, Germany
August/September 2008