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A12/0319/13

Road bicycles and framesets

Specialized · Tarmac, Crux and Secteur

Hobby/sports equipmentInjuries
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Notifying country
UK
Counterfeit
No
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Requirements breached

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.

Product

Description
Road bicycles and framesets with a Topkey front fork steerer.
Brand
Specialized
Model / type
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
Unknown

Original source

Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.

Alert number
A12/0319/13 ↗
Weekly report
Report-2013-010
Published
7 March 2013
Corrigendum
<font color="#ff0000"><b>Corrigenda</b></font><br/> Notification A12/0325/13 from week 10 of 2013 has been permanently removed following clarification of the risk by the notifying authorities.<br/> Notification 1786/10 from week 48 of 2010 has been permanently removed following further information received from the notifying country.<br/> Notification 0051/12 from week 3 of 2012 has been permanently withdrawn from the RAPEX website following a clarification of the risk.

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