^^ Well that is a very gracious apology, a rarity in forums. Accepted, and kudos to you, sir!
I'm afraid I am quite passionate regarding this hinge issue, I have followed it for some years and one day had the sudden insight into the raft of reports of a variety of problems, that there is a common factor of loosening fasteners.That Dahon thread that I posted a link to, has a list of problems and later, suggestions on how to improve those problems.
It is possible that the recall was due to welding; I did see a thread in Dahon forums of s stempost which broke off cleanly in the welding. But those were rare in the reports; what was seen often enough, was those examples I posted 3 refernce of. What is significant to me, is that those photos show how the hinges broke off in the hinge forging itself, quite far from any welding.
Anyway, I enjoyed my ride, I am still in the top200 of the Rapha Rising challenge in strava.com.
