i'm curious, why so interested?

Internet posts on the lines of 'My XXX broke, therefore all XXX's are crap' are destructive, malignant and ill-informed, and they are placed solely to put people off buying an XXX and to punish the manufacturer.

It's a juvenile low-shot: One rant is fine. Months of it is an obsessive compulsive disorder.

For balance, Dahon produce nearly 700,000 bikes a year, most operating perfectly. I've got two of them.

Lube it or lose it.