I've owned my dahon curve 3 for several months now. I park it in the garage, and place it into the trunk of my Buick - folded - and take it with me on trips. BUT some stuff has occurred: I've found my saddle frame broken (the repair guy actually said, "how did you do that ?" when he saw that the frame-wire had pulled out of the little pocket it had been in on the saddle underside. He sold me a new saddle, saying there is no way he could bend it back in; then, there appeared a dent in the plastic front fender that I'd not seen previously (hidden beneath the fork tube) AND the tire was completely flat (the tire was loose on the rim) when I took the bike out of the trunk at the end of a trip recently. I

I'm not positive that either of these conditions were produced while the bike was in my trunk - that is, either one MIGHT have happened while the bike was in the garage - but I'm unaware of any event that might have caused them either in the garage or whilst riding. My riding is quite tame - smooth pavements, no holes, no jumps, no curbs. I weigh 210. I inflate my 'big apple' tires to just under 70 psi.

My son thinks this stuff is happening while the bike is in the trunk of the Buick. There seem to be no projecting parts to impact the bike in there, and it fits loosely (e.g., it's not jammed up against anything (it rests on a thick layer of newspaper when I close the trunk lid) yet there are these 'events'. I considered the tire might have blown-out (heat-related?) in the trunk - though that hardly explains the dented fender or broken saddle - but the hole in the tube looked like a puncture to me (and the repair guy). The spoke-guard was intact and whole - and the guy didn't tell me he saw any puncture through the tire itself.

Is my son correct to point a finger at my trunk-transport habit? While a puncture is hardly remarkable, the other weird conditions do seem so - and I mistrust coincidence as explanation.