Originally Posted by
tds101
Um, no, they don't there's still the occasional rebadged bike that has the crappy welds out there. I own a Tern folder, and I'm quite lucky I went with the 26" wheeled model. So far no recalls. Their other models? Crap shoot. And that's NOT an opinion.
The welds failing probably doesn't have anything to do with the hinge. That being said it seems likely they have updated their manufacturing processes as they have not continued to have recalls.