Metal fatigue.

[baratron]

My tricycle is completely broken. A spot on the welding under the frame has sheered off. It took me more than half an hour to work out what the problem was (initial symptom was simply "pedals will turn backwards but not forwards") and there were quite a few red herrings.

It is a reasonably critical point in the folding mechanism that's gone. So

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[thekumquat]

Might a local car garage be able to weld it? Might be quicker.

[judiff]

Meep!

[ruth_lawrence]

:-(

:::thwaps entropy upside head:::

I hope you can get it repaired soon.

[x_mass]

sounds like its "not of merchantable quality" see sales of goods act. A product has to be capable of fulfilling its product life. Warranty has nothing to do with it. The key issue here is reasonableness, would someone on top of the clapham omnibus think that a folding trike failing after 18 months would be a reasonable lifespan for the product? if not then its failed the "merchantable quality test". You can use the act to get them to make reasonable repairs, you probably should be able to get them to do it for free
hope that helps
kate

[x_mass]

to whit
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2006/jun/01/yourrights.legal4

[memevector]

What a bummer!

I have a sense from many of your past posts of what a vital part of your life that trike is. Hope you can get it fixed quickly and with not too much bother.

::sends trike-fix vibes::