Originally Posted by jur
Ironically, the cheaper steel Dahon handleposts are better - they dont suffer of any of the problems that the alu ones suffer from. You can stand and hammer just fine. They are stiffer, don't fold accidentally if you pull really hard and don't have the loosening bolt problem.
Yup. I agree. Briefly owned a Breezer Zag 8 that was built up with decent components and Marathon Racers, but with steel bars. Genius. It didn't weight much, either. But the hinge was out of whack and the bike was unusable. Otherwise, that's a great use of Dahon parts. (Too bad the decals are so lame!)
http://www.breezerbikes.com/zigzag_details.cfm