they are all anodized otherwise they would oxidise and hundredthousands of folks would cry bloody murder that there shiny new bicycle looked blootchy and not as they expected ....

After a while this ( the too loose handlebarstem) will go away as most of us learn to spin faster and dont pull on the handlebars like on a regular bike....hardcore folks can replace the adjustable handlepost with a non adjustable version, like on the speed tr and MU sl and other models .....

Remember that if we hear from 5 or 6 folks here its not necessary the same for 296597 others ( and thats last year only ) Althouh I am sure Dahon will look into it , as they have with most other complaints



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