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Old 04-27-07, 06:40 PM
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charles vail
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Originally Posted by highlandpark
Yesterday I was riding rather slow when my Dahon Speed P8 handlepost port/hinge broke off! I ended up holding the detached handle bars in my hands like in a Buster Keaton movie.

I was extremely lucky that although there was car traffic on the street I managed to hop off the seat and stop safely.

The troubling thing is that The bike is 7 months old, has fewer than 30 riding days on it. I use it every now and then to commute to work, I avoid potholes, don't jump off curbs and weigh 170 pounds.

Has anyone experienced anything similar or it's just me who ended up with a defective part? I am really concerned and determined to find out if this could be a design flaw. I hope it was just a manufacturing defect.
I have one word.........Aluminum!

Sorry but......This is why I will only buy a Bike Friday with a steel stem and a normal length steel seat tube with no super long flexy aluminum seatposts or stems.
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