Bicycle handlebars "PRO cycle equipment - PRO-XLT-OPS Aero handlebars"
Hobby/sports equipmentInjuries
- Country of origin
- Taiwan
- Notifying country
- Luxembourg
- Counterfeit
- No
- Sold online
- No
What is the danger
Risk of injury. The central wall of this particular type of bar may be too thin and could fail in use, causing the rider to lose control of his bicycle. Seven failures without severe injury were reported.
Measures taken
- Placing on the market voluntarily stopped, product recall from consumers. Voluntary measuresTaken by: Other
Product
- Description
- Bicycle handlebars "PRO cycle equipment - PRO-XLT-OPS Aero handlebars".(Type/model: PR320328 and PR320329).<i>Description</i>: Aero anatomic oversized (31.8 mm) handlebars for road racing bicycles; breadth 42 and 44 cm; sold as an aftermarket product.
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- 0543/05 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2005-41
- Published
- 13 October 2005
© European Union, Safety Gate · https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/-1612
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