EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Hobby/sports equipment
Bicycle Wilier Triestina “IZOARD XP” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1726/12
Summary
null The bicycles affected were fitted with steerer tubes that are potentially faulty and could break under certain conditions causing the rider to lose control of the bicycle and fall off.Three accidents reported.
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Product
Bicycle — Wilier Triestina
- Brand
- Wilier Triestina
- Name / model
- IZOARD XP · serial numbers LH0001 to LH4000 and LJ0001 to LJ2000
- Batch number(s)
- Produced between 1 October 2011 and 19 October 2012.
- Category
- Hobby/sports equipment
- Red racing bicycle.
What is the risk?
- null The bicycles affected were fitted with steerer tubes that are potentially faulty and could break under certain conditions causing the rider to lose control of the bicycle and fall off.Three accidents reported.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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