Yeah it's pretty shoddy that is for sure! I looked closely to see if this was some sort of repair - but it really doesn't appear to be the case. It looks like this is just a classic case of made on a Friday....after lunch, when the quality assurance guy was gone doing
#2 . Luckily no one can see it when it's on two wheels. It's strange because everything else appears to be so well put together - not sure why that weld is so crappy. I guess I'll never know it's story..