Originally Posted by
ThorUSA
Jur.. you know how many of those plastic squares I sell ( or freebie ) during a year ?
Its less than 20 !
And that's all over the world. I am easy to find and people know I have spares, besides other stuff like 2 different stem extenders ( one in 3 colors )
If those plastic thingies break ( usually due to overtighten stuff, after it has been too loose ) in the amount of your thinking it would be thousands instead.
There are multiple other issues with those clamps than just breaking plastic blocks. Breaking plastic blocks can be due to over-tightening but more fatally due to incorrect sliding plate operation. And there are multiple reasons for that possibility. The breaking plastic block is just a symptom of the flawed design. I think the most severe flaw is that you can't see if the clamp is malfunctioning from the outside. You basically are required to trust the Dahon engineering, and that trust has been violated in the past.