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Bicycle Recalls & Bike Equipment Recalls

For more info on any of these, each item is linked to the U.S. Product Safety Commission report on that item.

This page was last updated in May 2006. For recalls after that date which we haven't listed yet, check the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission website.

By the way, here are some photos of broken cranks.


Helmets


Components

  • 5/06 -- Shimano: Front wheel Quick release (sold 11/05 - 5/06)
  • 1/06 -- Syntace USA: F99 (Force 99) Handlebar Stems (sold 5/03 - 7/05)
  • 8/05 -- Torelli Imports: Torelli Verona and Lugano Open Tubular Kevlar Tires (sold 2/05 - 7/05)
  • 8/05 -- Ritchey: Protocol, Carbon, DS, DS Aero, & Girder Rear Wheels (sold 1/03 - 7/05)
  • 8/05 -- American Classic: Road & Mountain Bike Wheels (sold 1/05 - 6/05)
  • 7/05 -- VisionTech USA: SuperMax, TriMax, TriMax Plus and Pro Aero Bars (sold 3/02 - 3/03)
  • 7/05 -- Rolf Prima: Vigor & Elan Rear Wheels (sold 3/03 - 12/03)
  • 5/05 -- Quality Bicycle Products: Dimension Handlebar Stems (sold 1/03 - 3/05)
  • 2/05 -- Shimano: Road Racing Brake Cables (sold 4/03 - 10/04)
  • 1/05 -- Selle Royal/fi'zi:k: Seats (sold 3/04 - 9/04)
  • 11/04 -- Answer Products: Manitou Suspension Forks (sold 7/04 - 9/04)
  • 9/04 -- Full Speed Ahead: Scatto wheel Quick Releases (sold 10/03 - 9/04)
  • 9/04 -- Performance / Supergo: Forte Flyte OS & Weyless CF200 carbon Handlebars
  • 10/02 -- Performance: Bar Ends (sold 4/02-9/02)
  • 7/02 -- Cane Creek: Suspension Seat Posts (sold 11/00-6/02)
  • 11/01 -- Profile Design: Aero Bars (sold 5/99-11/01)
  • 11/00 -- Profile Design: "Stiffy" Handlebar Stems on mountain bikes (sold 3/97 - 4/00)
  • 10/00 -- RockShox: Forks (sold 7/00 - 10/00)
  • 9/00 -- Trek: Handlebar Stems (sold 6/98 - 5/99)
  • 5/00 -- Specialized: Forks (sold 8/99 - 5/00)
  • 3/99 -- Dah Ken/RST: Hi-5 Suspension Forks (sold 2/97 - 10/98)
  • 5/98 -- Performance: Campus Pedals (sold 12/96 - 4/98)
  • 5/98 -- SRAM: Chains (sold 7/97 - 5/98)
  • 3/98 -- GT Bicycles: Bikes (Frames) (sold 1994-98)
  • 7/97 -- Shimano: Cranks (sold 1994-97)
  • 12/96 -- Giant: Mountain Bikes (Suspension Forks) (sold 1992-94)
  • 7/96 -- Girvin: Carbon-Fiber Suspension Forks (sold 3/96 - 6/96)
  • 4/96 -- Answer Products: Manitou Mach 5 Forks (no sales dates listed)
  • 12/95 -- Mavic: Cosmic Wheels for Road Bikes (sold 1994-95)
  • 6/95 -- Rock Shox: Fork Crowns on Mag 20 & Mag 30 Forks (no sales dates listed)
  • 12/94 -- Specialized, Marzocchi, Girvin, & Answer Products: Suspension Forks (sold sold 1992-93)
  • 8/94 -- Specialized: Forks ("Future Shock") (sold 1991-93)


Accessories


Tools


Bikes / Bicycles

Date of Recall

Brand(s) Affected
(or Models Affected,
if Dept. Store Bike)

Primary Stores
Sold Through

Type of Bikes

Bad Component

Sales Dates

12/05

REI Novara Dirt Rider

REI

20"

Frame

10/02 - 11/05

9/05

Harley-Davidson

Toys "R" Us

16" BMX

Fork

7/02 - 6/05

8/05

2004 Fuji & Motorbecane,
& 2005 Raleigh Prestige

Bike shops

???

Rear Wheel Hub

1/03 - 7/05

8/05

WaveCrest TidalForce S-750

Special dealers

Electric Comfort Bike

Wheels

5/05 - 6/05

8/05

Giant 2005 Cypress
& Sedona

Bike shops

Comfort Bikes

Rear Axle

5/05 - 8/05

3/05

Roark Welding & Engineering

Roark website

Road Bikes

Frame

1/97 - 12/04

2/05

Cannondale Adventure 600 & 800, Comfort 600 & 800

Bike shops

Mountain bikes

Suspension Seat Post

12/04

1/05

REI Novara Express

REI

Mountain Bikes

Seat

3/04 - 9/04

11/04

Salsa

Bike shops

???

Campeon Fork

4/04 - 6/04

10/04

Giant: Rainier

Bike shops

Mountain Bikes

Front Brake

2/04 - 3/04

9/04

Specialized: Allez Sport, Allez Elite, Roubaix, Sequoia

Bike shops

Road Bikes

Handlebar stem

7/04 - 8/04

6/04

Huffy: Crankbrook

Wal-Mart

Cruiser

Handlebar stem

4/04 - 5/04

4/04

Pacific Cycle: Mongoose

Bike shops,
Dept. stores

20" Mountain

Rear shock / Frame

9/03 - 3/04

10/03

Specialized 2004 S Works Enduro & 2004 Enduro Expert

Bike shops

Mountain Bikes

Brakes

September 2003

7/03

Soloist Team & Super Prodigy

Bike shops

Road Bikes

Fork (Carbon-Fiber
"Wolf" brand by Cervélo)

4/03 - 7/03

4/03

Dynacraft

Wal-Mart
& Pamida

BMX

Stem

4/02 - 4/03

3/03

Sun Rise / Raleigh / Diamondback X-10, X-20

Bike Shops

Mountain Bikes

Frame

9/01 - 10/02

11/02

Sunrise Medical: Sopur Handcycle

Specialty dealers

3-Wheel Hand Cycle

Quick Release Axles

8/01 - 7/02

10/02

Cannondale Gemini

Bike shops

Mountain Bikes

Frame

12/01 - 9/02

10/02

Lida Bicycle

Discount stores
& bike shops

Mountain Bikes

Frame

4/02 - 8/02

8/02

EV Global Motors: Mini E-Bike

Bike shops, car dealers, Internet

Electric Bikes

Lithium Battery

2/01 - 7/02

8/02

Haro

Bike shops

BMX

Crank arms

5/02 - 8/02

8/02

Specialized Rockhopper A-1 & Mongoose Hot Link Sommet

Bike shops &
mail-order catalogs

Mountain Bikes

Spring & Adjuster on
Answer Products
suspension fork

1/02 - 8/02

8/02

Marin

Bike shops

Mountain Bikes

Steer Tube

8/98 - 7/02

8/02

Cannondale

Bike shops

Not specified

Stem (3T Zepp XL)

3/01 - 7/02

7/02

Dynacraft Vertical XL2

Target

Mountain Bikes

Fork

8/99 - 3/00

6/02

Next Ultra Shock

Wal-Mart

Mountain Bikes

Suspension Fork

5/99 - 12/00

5/02

Rocky Mountain Bicycles, Slayer & Edge

Bike shops

Mountain Bikes

Chainstay

1/01 - 2/02

4/02

InSTEP Hitchhiker III

Retailers like Toys R Us,
Sports Authority, One Step Ahead

Trailer Bikes

Universal Joint

2/01 - 5/01

4/02

Specialized 2002 Enduro

Bike shops

Mountain Bikes

Seatstay

9/01 - 2/02

4/02

Brunswick / Mongoose / Roadmaster

Discount stores

Mountain Bikes

Suspension Fork

6/98 - 12/00

2/02

BikeE

Recumbents

Seat

2/99 - 2/02

1/02

Kent / Midget Racer

Discount stores

Mini-Bikes

Fork

10/01 - 11/01

11/01

Pacific Cycle

Variety of Stores,
inc. Wal-Mart

Add-On Kids' Bike

Hitch

3/00 - 7/01

11/01

BikeE

Recumbent Tandem

Steerer Tube

2000-2001

11/01

Performance

Road

Wheel Rims

2/01 - 10/01

11/01

Raleigh

Mountain

Bottom Bracket

1/01 - 8/01

10/01

Wysco / Runt

Variety of Stores

Mini-Bikes

(No brakes or chain guards)

1/01 - 7/01

10/01

Salsa Cycles

Mountain Bikes

Wheel Rims

1/01 - 8/01

9/01

TH!NK Mobility

20" electric-assist folding bikes

Handlebar stem

7/00 - 5/01

8/01

BikeE

Recumbents

Suspension Forks

12/99 - 8/01

7/01

Acetrike/Huffy

Wal-Mart, Ace Hardware,
other dept. stores

12" & 16" Children's sidewalk bikes

Frames

10/99 - 3/01

7/01

Rans

Recumbents

Steering tube

6/93 - 7/01

5/01

Giant

TCR & OCR models

Carbon-Fiber Forks

9/00 - 4/01

5/01

Magna & Equator (DynaCraft)

Toys-R-Us

Mountain Bikes

Pedals

1/01 - 4/01

4/01

Next Shockzone
(DynaCraft)

Wal-Mart

Mountain Bikes

Suspension Forks

9/99 - 4/01

2/01

Mongoose & Roadmaster
(Us International)

Wal-Mart

Mountain Bikes

Suspension Forks

7/00 - 1/01

1/01

Seattle Bike Supply

Children's bikes: Torker
Blaster, Sunflower

Brakes

9/00 - 12/00

12/00

Raleigh, Diamondback, & Univega

Mountain Bikes

Disc Brakes by DiaTech USA / Derby USA

11/99 - 6/00

11/00

13 various brands

Mountain Bikes

Handlebar Stems

3/97 - 4/00

9/00

Trek

Road Bikes

Handlebar Stems

6/98 - 5/99

9/00

Vertical XL2 & Electroshock
(DynaCraft)

Target

Mountain Bikes

Suspension Forks

8/99 - 8/00

5/00

Mongoose & Roadmaster
(Brunswick/By Us Intl.)

Dept. Stores

Mountain Bikes

Suspension Forks

9/98 - 5/00

5/00

Specialized, Klein, Jamis, Marin
(Answer & Manitou)

BMX & Mountain Bikes

Forks

8/99 - 5/00

2/00

Vertical XL2
(Dynacraft)

Target

Mountain Bikes

Forks

11/99 - 2/00

12/99

Royce Union

Sears

Mountain Bikes (ABT 2000)

Frames

4/98 - 9/99

12/99

Huffy

Dept. Stores

Mountain Bikes (ALX 1000,
ALX 1500, Aluminum 300)

Frames

6/98 - 9/99

11/99

Magna Great Divide
(Dynacraft)

21/24/26" Mountain Bikes

Handlebar Stems

12/98 - 8/99

8/99

Huffy "Verdict"

Dept. Stores

Mountain Bikes

Suspension Forks

1/99 - 6/99

7/99

Specialized

Allez & Allez Sport
Road Bikes

Handlebars

10/98 - 6/99

5/99

Dynacraft

Target

Coleman CM 2100
21-speed mountain bikes

Front wheel

May-June 1998

3/99

Dah Ken/RST

Haro, GT, Giant,
& Marin Bikes

Hi-5 Suspension Forks

2/97 - 10/98

3/99

Schwinn

20" & 24" BMX Bikes

Frames

2/98 - 12/98

6/98

Specialized

Stumpjumper &
Ground Control Bikes

Chains

1998 models

5/98

Giant, Schwinn, & Specialized

Bikes

Chains by SRAM

7/97 - 5/98

4/98

Rock Machine, Tarantula, Ross Mt. Washington
(Rand/Ross)

Target / Costco /
Toys-R-Us /
some bike shops

Mountain Bikes

Suspension Forks

2/97 - 3/98

3/98

GT: GT Speed Series & Robinson

BMX Bikes

Frames

1994-98

1/98

Riteway

Add-On Kids' Bikes

U-Joints

no dates listed

11/97

Diamondback

Mountain Bikes

Cranks by Sachs

7/97 - 11/97

7/97

Magna
(Dynacraft)

Toys-R-Us

Mountain Bikes

Chains

4/97 - 6/97

7/97

Most brands of bikes!

(several kinds)

Cranks by Shimano

1994-97

3/97

Raleigh

M55 Bikes

Ballistic Forks

1996 models

12/96

Giant

Mountain Bikes

Suspension Forks

1992-94

7/96

Pacific Conquest, Cyclone, Conqueror
(Pacific Cycle)

Target /
Toys-R-Us

Mountain Bikes

Posi-Track Suspension Forks

1994-95

5/96

Performance

Mountain Bikes

Seat Posts

1992-96

4/96

Trek, Fischer, Marin, Diamondback, Mongoose, others

Mountain Bikes

Manitou Mach 5 forks

no dates listed

3/96

Scott USA

Mountain Bikes

Unishock Suspension Forks

1992-95

12/95

Novara Ponderosa
(Tange)

REI & others

Mountain Bikes

Suspension Forks

1994-95

12/95

Raleigh

Technium MT400 & FT500

Frames

no dates listed

8/95

Specialized

Stumpjumper & Rockhopper Mountain Bikes

Forks & Handlebar Stems

1994-95

6/95

Radio Flyer

Warehouse club outlets

12" Tornado and Power Tricycles

Forks

sold 8/94-6/95

6/95

Various Brands

Mountain Bikes

Fork Crowns
by Rock Shox

no dates listed

5/95

GT Bicycles

14.5-22" 'Aggressor' Bikes

Forks

1994-95

12/94

Specialized, Proflex Arcadia, Manitou, others

Mountain Bikes

Suspension Forks

1994

12/94

Specialized, Cannondale, & Trek/Fischer

Bikes

Seat posts

1994

8/94

Specialized

Mountain Bikes

"Future Shock" forks

1991-93

7/93

Huffy

Sears

20/24/26" Bikes

Brake Levers

2/83 - 3/83

9/92

Radio Flyer

Toys-R-Us,
other dept. stores

12" bikes:
#TR12 Totally Rad Flyer
and
#LM13 Little Miss Flyer

Brakes

Sold 5/92

9/92

(Santa Fe Trading)

Dept. Stores

12" & 16" BMX
Sidewalk Bikes

Brakes

4/92 - 6/92

8/90

Bianchi Randonneur

Bikes

Forks

1982-84

12/89

Mountain Jr. Bicycle
(Ming Ta Supply)

K-Mart

16" Sidewalk Bikes

Chain Guard

3/89 - 4/89

12/89

generic
(Santa Fe Trading)

Dept. Stores

BMX Sidewalk Bikes

Brakes

1989

3/88

Rand

Dept. Stores

12" BMX Bikes

Wheels

1/87

8/87

Magna (Dynacraft)

Child World

12" Sidewalk Bikes

Wheels

Made 3/85 - 8/87

12/86

Roadmaster

K-Mart

12" Sidewalk Bikes

Wheels

no dates listed

11/85

Cannondale

Bikes

Forks

made prior to 1985

12/84

X2 Tiger & Rainbow Connection (Columbia)

16" Children's Bikes

Forks

made 1983

6/83

Murray

BMX Bikes

Handlebar Stems

made 1982-83

11/78

Miami & Gold Crest models (Columbia)

3-speed, 24" & 26" racers

Chain Guards

made 1976-78

9/78

J.C. Penny
(by Huffy)

J. C. Penney

Tan or dark gray
24-, 26-, and 27"

Cranks

made 1977-78

6/78

Coast King
(by Huffy)

Coast to Coast Stores

Blue 27", 10-speed

Cranks

sold after Jan. 1978

5/78

Huffy, J.C. Penny, Omega, Coast King

J. C. Penney, other dept. stores

24, 26, & 27"
10-speed bikes

Cranks

made 1977-78

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