Lets see here.

Dahon 2012 model line up seemed to suggest some new interesting lines, especially the little compact folding bikes. Since I am able to read and understand Chinese well, the design aspect of those bikes are quite different than Tern philosophy.

Tern 2012 model line up seemed to suggest a different direction, namely an emphasis on RIDE QUALITY plus fast fold, something that's just not that prevalent on the Dahon 2012 line up of bikes.

PLUS..

How the heck they are able to show off new line of bikes and design within such a short period of time from engineering, testing, and then production? This seemed to suggest that me that David Hon and Josh Hon already had their own vision of what Dahon future bike lines should be even before this mess began and had concept bikes in the works in the past.

Which means only one thing. Who gets more of the attention? I find it disturbing for some people here to suggest some offensive remarks toward the Dahon family members. Your opinions should be left at that. Opinions are not facts. Unless you are close members and or relatives of the Hon family, you should keep your opinion to yourselves.

Having said that, it is almost impossible to have 2 captains running the same company. A company only has 1 vision and 1 captain. The division between Dahon and Tern is a good thing. I prefer David Hon to be pursuing his vision and Josh Hon to be pursuing his vision, so they both can offer the VERY BEST products at the BEST VALUE possible. As a consumer, I will benefit from this. To the competitors, they will need to up to ante and move their rear to start competing against these 2 companies.

Rather than bad mouthing the captains of both companies, as a competitor of a folding bike, you should show innovation and motivation to win. Otherwise, you're going to be looked at as some guy who couldn't get a girl you want and then blame the other guys as jerks. Yeah, we know that song and dance before!