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jsta1005
09-04-2008, 06:29 PM
Does anybody have any pictures of the stroller folded? Is it huge or does it fold well?

Also, how is the stroller for light running or jogging?
southpawboston
09-04-2008, 10:43 PM
it actually fold pretty compactly for its size. you do have to remove the doubles kit, which is very easy. takes about 5 seconds. there's nothing that locks or latches the stroller closed, so you always have to use both hands when folding/unfolding, and it's definitely more clunky than, say, a maclaren umbrella stroller, but not bad.

haven't jogged with it, so i can't comment on that. the front wheel does not lock, if that helps any.
jsta1005
09-04-2008, 10:46 PM
Which version of the stroller do you have? I read somewhere that some of them do have locking wheels. But I didn't think any did.
seamonkeys
09-05-2008, 01:27 AM
If I remember the camera, I'll take some photos of it folded when I go out walking tomorrow. Yeah, I've heard the newer Sport model has some sort of locking feature, but I've yet to try it out on one. I should ask my friend - she's meeting me to walk tomorrow and has the Sport!
jubgulia
09-05-2008, 11:49 AM
I think it is pretty easy to fold. I have the Sport version and it has a tab that holds it closed when folded. You can fold it with the second seat on if it's on the front (toddler/baby mode). It takes up a little less than half the trunk of my Corolla when folded. I haven't really ran with it for more than like a minute, and I don't usually have a need to lock the front wheel, but it does lock and I think it would do okay jogging on a relatively smooth surface.
seamonkeys
09-08-2008, 09:41 PM
Here are photos of it folded. On the ground and in my trunk (Odyssey). I noticed my friend can fit her Sport in the back of her 2008 CRV and only takes up one side. And because she has the bulkier part (handle and back wheels) towards the trunk door, she can still have her shelf down, at least partly.

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s228/annkreimers/IMG_6101-1.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s228/annkreimers/IMG_6102.jpg

ETA: Sorry, I'm too tired to figure out how to rotate the 2nd photo!