Originally Posted by Technician

From what I'm hearing on the cyclists grapevine, that as a result of the new hinge configuration bikes produced from around 2015 onwards will not suffer from the same issue as previous models.
Nothing heard on the iffy weld problem if indeed the welding was problematic. It does seem really odd that the troublesome bikes were produced in different factories at different times by different welders using different equipment etc. so where's the correlation ?