Originally Posted by
smallwheeler
you should be really careful. although, i don't know exactly how you can be careful. when an aluminum weld fails under load, you don't get a warning... currently, 4 different models have had
catastrophic hinge weld failure.
verge x30, eclipse p9, link D8, and link C7.
Not only tern bikes have frame failures. Today the frame of my Dahon Vextor X10 had a similar failure. Luckily I was just getting on the bike and not moving. The images show a failure very similar to the ones on the Tern bikes.
