[Rec_bike] Fwd: Fwd: [SAFETY] CPSC: Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Bicycles Due to Fall and Injury Hazards

[Mathew Wright]

Thanks Kelly!

Mat

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Subject: 	Fwd: [SAFETY] CPSC: Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls 
Bicycles Due to Fall and Injury Hazards
Date: 	Fri, 05 Oct 2012 07:24:40 -0400
From: 	Kelly Mahoney <mahoney at jlab.org>
To: 	Mathew Wright <mwright at jlab.org>, Darrell Spraggins 
<spraggin at jlab.org>



I presume you guys are plugged in to the JLab bike community.   Thought 
I would pass this on FYI.

Kelly


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Subject: 	[SAFETY] CPSC: Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Bicycles 
Due to Fall and Injury Hazards
Date: 	Fri, 5 Oct 2012 03:58:07 -0700
From: 	Ralph Stuart <rstuartcih at ME.COM>
Reply-To: 	SAFETY <SAFETY at list.uvm.edu>
To: 	SAFETY at list.uvm.edu



Specialized Bicycle Components Recalls Bicycles Due to Fall and Injury
Hazards

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. It is illegal to resell or
attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

Name of Product: Bicycles

Units: About 12,000

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

Manufacturer: Kinesis, of China

Hazard: The front fork can break, posing fall and injury hazards to riders.

Incidents/Injuries: Specialized has received four reports of front forks
breaking, resulting in facial fractures, head and shoulder injuries and
cuts.

Description: This recall involves some 2008 and 2009 models women's and
men's Globe model bicycles. Recalled models include the Globe Elite, Globe
Sport, Globe Sport Disc, Globe Centrum Comp, Globe Centrum Elite, Globe City
6, Globe Vienna 3, Globe Vienna 3 Disc, Globe Vienna 4, Globe Vienna Deluxe
3, Globe Vienna Deluxe 4, Globe Vienna Deluxe 5 and Globe Vienna Deluxe 6
bicycles. The bicycles were sold in various colors, including gun, silver,
black, khaki, navy, bone, blue, charcoal, burgundy and gold. The brand name
"Specialized" is on the lower frame tube and the model name is on various
locations on the bicycle frame.

Sold at: Authorized Specialized retailers nationwide from July 2007 to July
2012 for between $550 and $1,100.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop riding these bicycles and return
them to an authorized Specialized retailer for the free installation of a
free replacement fork.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Specialized toll-free
at (877) 808-8154 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, or visit
the company's website athttp://www.specialized.com  and click on
Support/Safety Notices.

To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of the recalled
products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml12/12281.html



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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the
public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from thousands of types of
consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. The CPSC is committed to
protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire,
electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The
CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs,
power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals - contributed
significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths and injuries
associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, visit
www.saferproducts.gov, or contact CPSC's Hotline atinfo at cpsc.gov, (800)
638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270. To join a CPSC e-mail
subscription list, please go tohttps://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx.
Consumers can obtain recall and general safety information by logging on to
CPSC's Web site atwww.cpsc.gov.

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This message is from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
(www.cpsc.gov), an independent federal regulatory agency, located at 4330
East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814  Toll-free hotline: (800) 638-2772.

Report an Unsafe Product:www.SaferProducts.gov

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