Originally Posted by
maxxevv
How is that so ??
I certainly don't see that in the finished bike pict shown earlier in this thread.
On the front fork, the latching is accomplished within the upper & lower tubes.
The helical hinge is unloaded. It just happens to be near the latch.
On the rear triangle, the hinge is down by the bottom bracket, but the latch
is at the top of the triangle. (This helical hinge does carry a load though.)
Thinking of my Dahons' frame latch, the hinge & latch are combined into a
single mechanism. In addition to that, the Dahon hinge is much smaller
than the Helix hinge.