EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Hobby/sports equipment
Road bicycles and framesets Specialized “Tarmac, Crux and Secteur” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0319/13
Summary
null The front fork steerer tube can break whilst the bike is being ridden. This could cause the rider to fall from the bike.Four incidents reported.
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Product
Road bicycles and framesets — Specialized
- Brand
- Specialized
- Name / model
- Tarmac, Crux and Secteur · The recall concerns 2012 and 2013 models (<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/images/rapex/2013-w10/2013-w10_26-list.pdf">see attached list</a>).
- Batch number(s)
- Unknown
- Category
- Hobby/sports equipment
- Road bicycles and framesets with a Topkey front fork steerer.
What is the risk?
- null The front fork steerer tube can break whilst the bike is being ridden. This could cause the rider to fall from the bike.Four incidents reported.
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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