Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls - April 2009

Subject: News from CPSC - Two Recalls

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1. Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Bicycles Due to Serious
Fall
Hazard http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09197.html



2. Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09198.html



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1. Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Bicycles Due to Serious
Fall
Hazard

NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 21, 2009
Release #09-197

Firm's Recall Hotline: (877) 808-8154
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Bicycles Due to Serious Fall
Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary
recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using
recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Specialized 2009 Model Bicycles

Units: About 14,000

Importer: Specialized Bicycle Components Inc., of Morgan Hill, Calif.

Hazard: The handlebars can break, posing a fall hazard to the rider.

Incidents/Injuries: Specialized has received two reports of the
handlebar breaking during use, one of which caused a rider to suffer
head trauma which resulted in unconsciousness and a puncture wound to
the arm.

Description: This recall involves HL handlebars on the following 2009
Specialized bicycles: Cross Trail Comp, Myka HT Comp, Myka HT Elite,
Rockhopper, Rockhopper Comp and Rockhopper Comp 29. The model number
of
the HL handlebar is ALR-13 NTFOV and is located underneath the right
hand grip of the handlebar.

Sold by: Authorized dealers nationwide from June 2008 through February
2009 for between $640 and $1,050.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop riding these bicycles and
contact a Specialized dealer for a free replacement handlebar.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, please contact
Specialized
toll-free at (877) 808-8154 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. MT Monday
through
Friday or visit the firm's web site at www.specialized.com



To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of the
recall
product, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09197.html



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2. Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard

NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 21, 2009
Release #09-198

Firm's Recall Hotline: (877) 808-8154
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary
recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using
recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: 2004 Roubaix Comp and Roubaix Pro bicycles

Units: About 3,000

Importer: Specialized Bicycle Components Inc., of Morgan Hill, Calif.

Hazard: The cable stop on the bicycle can loosen, which can cause the
rider to lose control and fall from the bike.

Incidents/Injuries: Specialized received reports of two falls that
resulted in fractures requiring medical attention and surgery.

Description: The recalled bicycles are as follows: 2004 Roubaix Comp
18,
2004 Roubaix Comp 27, 2004 Roubaix Pro 18, and 2004 Roubaix Pro
frameset
models. Only bicycles with a single rivet fastening the cable stop to
the frame are subject to recall. The cable stop is attached through
bonding materials and a single rivet mounted at the front of the
bicycle. The cables pass through eyelets in the cable stop on the down
tube. Bicycles with a double rivet fastening the cable stop to the
frame
are not subject to recall. The model names of the recalled bicycles
can
be found on the top tube of the bicycles.

Sold by: Specialized authorized dealers nationwide from September 2003
through August 2004 for between $1,600 and $4,000.

Manufactured in: Taiwan

Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using their bicycle and
return
their bicycle to a Specialized authorized dealer for an approved
repair,
at no cost to consumer.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Specialized
toll-free at (877) 808-8154 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. MT Monday
through
Friday or visit the firm's Web site at www.specialized.com

To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of the
recall
product, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09198.html



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CPSC is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that
are either directly related to this product recall or involve a
different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about it:
https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/incident.aspx



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Ablang wrote:
Subject: News from CPSC - Two Recalls

This message consists of the following:

1. Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Bicycles Due to Serious
Fall
Hazard http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09197.html


2. Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09198.html

Aluminum handlebars should be illegal.

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Ablang wrote:
Subject: News from CPSC - Two Recalls

This message consists of the following:

1. Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Bicycles Due to Serious
Fall
Hazard http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09197.html


2. Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Bicycles Due to Fall
Hazard
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09198.html

Aluminum handlebars should be illegal.

And stems.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

No- crap made in China should be!!!!


On Apr 23, 5:49*am, SMS wrote:
Aluminum handlebars should be illegal.

wrote:
Jim Pack wrote:

Aluminum handlebars should be illegal.

No- crap made in China should be!!!!

What does China have to do with this? About half the products we see
on store shelves are made there. What is more compelling is that in
the past, Italian made handle bars often broke at the edge of the bar
stem clamp and even when new showed a necking down from the clamp as
they were re-tightened to make up for a loose fit that they developed.
The classic syndrome was bars appearing to get tired and drooping, but
this was the sign that they were beginning to break.

This occurred mainly with riders who sprinted hard and climbed hills
out of the saddle, meanwhile many satisfied light-weight enthusiasts
kept the aluminum handlebar alive.

Some folding bikes with higher rise handlebars have also had a lot of
failures.

It was ironic that when Brompton began having a lot of failures of the
aluminum handlebars they first tried strengthening them with a ferrule
in the center, then the bars simply started breaking on either side of
the ferrule.

They finally went to the same bars that their licensee in Taiwan,
Neobike, was using, since they had far fewer failures. They also sent
out strengthening braces.

I guess I lucked out as I purchased four Bromptons, all in Taiwan from
Neobike (about $235 each).