Product Recall Number: 11-330
Why was Bicycles with Advanced Group carbon forks recalled?
The brake component housed within the bicycle’s carbon fork can disengage from the fork and allow the brake assembly to contact the wheel spokes while rotating, posing a fall hazard.
Product Recall Number: 11-330
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2011-09-22
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Bicycles with Advanced Group carbon forks
Description: This recall involves the following nine, 2011 model year bicycles with Advanced Group carbon forks: Sirrus Expert, Sirrus Comp, Sirrus Elite, Vita Expert, Vita Comp, Vita Elite, Vita Elite Step Thru, Tricross Sport, Tricross, and Tricross Comp. All bicycles have the brand name “Specialized” on the lower front frame tube. The model name is on the top tube.
Hazard Description: The brake component housed within the bicycle’s carbon fork can disengage from the fork and allow the brake assembly to contact the wheel spokes while rotating, posing a fall hazard.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace, Repair
Units: About 14,200
Incidents: The company has received two reports of the brake component disengaging from the carbon fork. No injuries have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop riding these bicycles and return them to an authorized Specialized retailer for a free repair or replacement carbon fork.
Sold At: Authorized Specialized Retailers nationwide from June 2010 through August 2011 for between $700 and $2,000.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: Advanced Group, of Taiwan
Distributors: Specialized Bicycle Components Inc., of Morgan Hill, Calif.
Manufactured In: Taiwan
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed