It's a shoddy weld design, and somehow the "loose hinge" thing keeps getting thrown around. That's placing blame on the owners of all the defective bikes, instead of looking at how the weld JUST GAVE WAY. This is a bad design that was structurally unsound, and more that one model of Tern was using the same weld design.

This is the same as blaming a r**e victim, or a robbery victim. "If you didn't show leg, you wouldn't have been r***d", or "if you had kept your cellphone in your pocket/purse, you wouldn't have been robbed".

This is a clear case of a structural defect. It's a case where a company (Tern) tried to cover it up, instead of offering to help AND prevent future injuries/damage. It's NOT the users fault,...unlike what SOME HAVE CONSTANTLY STATED!

PS: I'm a TernJoeP24 owner,...my bike is built like a tank. I'm still a bit worried riding it.