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A mom in West Virginia is suing Wal-Mart for selling defective bikes.
The defect? Quick release front wheels. More info at http://www.shokbikes.org/ Sue Wal-Mart for improper assembly or lack of instruction, but to sue them for providing a useful feature is a bad move, IMO. RFM http://www.cyclelicio.us/ |
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On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 15:48:49 -0800, Fritz M wrote:
A mom in West Virginia is suing Wal-Mart for selling defective bikes. The defect? Quick release front wheels. More info at http://www.shokbikes.org/ This article makes it seem as if _any_ bike with QR's is dangerous. OTOH, it's hard to see any advantage for a bicycle-shaped-toy to have QRs on it, anyway. But this claim that the kid was JRA when the wheel fell off is absurd. -- David L. Johnson __o | Deserves death! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve _`\(,_ | death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to (_)/ (_) | them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. -- J. R. R. Tolkein |
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"David L. Johnson" wrote: On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 15:48:49 -0800, Fritz M wrote: A mom in West Virginia is suing Wal-Mart for selling defective bikes. The defect? Quick release front wheels. More info at http://www.shokbikes.org/ This article makes it seem as if _any_ bike with QR's is dangerous. OTOH, it's hard to see any advantage for a bicycle-shaped-toy to have QRs on it, anyway. But this claim that the kid was JRA when the wheel fell off is absurd. Probably disc brake ejection. -- Michael Press The rest of the world. |
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David L. Johnson wrote: On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 15:48:49 -0800, Fritz M wrote: A mom in West Virginia is suing Wal-Mart for selling defective bikes. The defect? Quick release front wheels. More info at http://www.shokbikes.org/ This article makes it seem as if _any_ bike with QR's is dangerous. OTOH, it's hard to see any advantage for a bicycle-shaped-toy to have QRs on it, anyway. But this claim that the kid was JRA when the wheel fell off is absurd. I don't know, I've seen people tighten down quick-releases by using the lever as leverage to screw it down -- like a wrench handle, they had no idea you had to close it to tighten it down! And these were adults!! -Nate |
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"Llatikcuf" wrote
I don't know, I've seen people tighten down quick-releases by using the lever as leverage to screw it down -- like a wrench handle, they had no idea you had to close it to tighten it down! And these were adults!! -Nate I remember my father (college educated, reasonably high paying government job) trying to do that to my Peugeot PX-10. I've also seen bikes sold by stores other than LBSs with the quick-release tightened down that way. A quick release isn't completely self-explanatory, especially now that the lawyer lips force you to loosen the adjusting barrel to get it out of the front dropouts. -- mark |
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I don't know, I've seen people tighten down quick-releases by using the lever as leverage to screw it down -- like a wrench handle, they had no idea you had to close it to tighten it down! And these were adults!! Me too. I was even on a mountain bike ride once where a bike near me was making noises - turned out the wheel wasn't even tightened. The fellow was counting on the lips to hold it on. Another reason to file them off. |
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David L. Johnson wrote: On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 15:48:49 -0800, Fritz M wrote: A mom in West Virginia is suing Wal-Mart for selling defective bikes. The defect? Quick release front wheels. More info at http://www.shokbikes.org/ This article makes it seem as if _any_ bike with QR's is dangerous. OTOH, it's hard to see any advantage for a bicycle-shaped-toy to have QRs on it, anyway. But this claim that the kid was JRA when the wheel fell off is absurd. -- David L. Johnson __o | Deserves death! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve _`\(,_ | death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to (_)/ (_) | them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. -- J. R. R. Tolkein Sigh.... Yeah, I too question the wisdom of Wal-Mart selling bikes with QR's. Too many clueless parents who don't know any better (and their correspondingly clueless kids) and who don't grok the concept of personal responsibility. This has to rank up there with the McDonald's hot scalding coffee on lap lawsuit. |
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"damyth" wrote in
ups.com: This has to rank up there with the McDonald's hot scalding coffee on lap lawsuit. Which, when you look at it in any depth, was an entirely valid lawsuit. http://caoc.com/CA/index.cfm?event=showPage&pg=facts But yeah, Wal-Mart has no business selling bikes with QR wheels. Hank |
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Hank Wirtz wrote:
Which, when you look at it in any depth, was an entirely valid lawsuit. http://caoc.com/CA/index.cfm?event=showPage&pg=facts But yeah, Wal-Mart has no business selling bikes with QR wheels. No it wasn't valid in any sense aside from some plaintiff bar attorneys wanting to defend what isn't defensible. Just because a bunch of parasitic lawyers say something is justified doesn't make it so. |
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