Originally Posted by
brakemeister
spare parts ....
Kamtsa if I remember right you needed a left hand shifter... Well I provided a url where you could have bought a combined shifter for the right side for if I remeber 16 dlr on closeout. If I remember right you wanted a better one than original equipped, which were available from Sram in Europe but no luck over here... but I digress... although at that time it was impossible to find exaclty what you wanted, you were provided a possibility to go with the other shifter ( newer design ) thst would have worked well ( I bought a couple at that time and used one on one mod bike with great success )
meaning... yeah ... the part you wanted was no longer made ( or offered here ) from Sram ( a supplier to Dahon ), but there was a viable source to keep the bike running.
Thor, at that time I looked the same left grip shifter that came with Mu P24 Dual Drive. This was for an year old Mu P24. This part was not available from SRAM retail anywhere. You sent me a URL for different one that integrates both shifters on the right hand (grip + thumb shifter). At that time Dahon was shipping new Mu P24's with that shifter so it did have access to it but chose not provide it for spares. This is a typical example.
Compare this with Brompton. It provides publicly part diagrams, part numbers and online ordering with worldwide shipping. An order of magnitude better than Daho's policy. Josh response in the Tern forums suggests that Tern will not provide it either.
http://www.brompton.co.uk/uploads/data_full.pdf
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/brompton-...at=110&page=1/
Recognizing the problem is the first step in fixing it. This persistent denial suggests to me that it will never be fixed.