EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Hobby/sports equipment
Bicycle Specialized “Allez (Base),Sport, Elite” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0364/18
Summary
A potential weakness in the fork crown may cause the rider to lose control and fall from the bike. As a result, the rider can get injured.
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HazardInjuries
Notified byUnited Kingdom
Country of originTaiwan
Intended forConsumer
Product
Bicycle — Specialized
- Brand
- Specialized
- Name / model
- Allez (Base),Sport, Elite · Allez (Base), Allez Sport & Allez Elite
- Batch number(s)
- Model Year 2018
- Category
- Hobby/sports equipment
- Bicycle fork crown. Sold between approximately July 2017 and December 2017
- Recall information: https://www.specialized.com/gb/en/safety-notices
What is the risk?
- A potential weakness in the fork crown may cause the rider to lose control and fall from the bike. As a result, the rider can get injured.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ImporterCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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