Well, well after a rather unfriendly discussion between myself & various Birdy forum folk (They were being most unkind about the Strida, but based only on brief rides on very early models) I reminded them that about 5 years ago the steering stem snapped off (luckily) as I rode up a steep hill (if it had happened on the twisty downhill section, EEEEKKKK!) I was informed that I didn't know what I was talking about! One guy said that if I own a Brompton and don't like it, then obviously, I couldn't know what I was talking about.
I really liked my Birdy & will probably add another to my stable at some stage. But my first experience with the Birdy brigade was when I uploaded pics of how we had converted one of the first Rohloff Birdys.
I got slated for putting the pics on the German forum, I explained it was to save anyone else the hassle we had gone through, I then removed the photos from their forum.
It was only a few weeks ago I was accused of exagerating the Birdy stem problem, and lo & behold, it rears it's ugly head again. Ho Hum!