Product Recall Number: 12125
Why was Bicycle Brake Cables for Road Bikes recalled?
When the brake cables are installed on Campagnolo® style brake levers, they can detach, causing the brakes to fail and posing a fall hazard.
Product Recall Number: 12125
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2012-03-05
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Bicycle Brake Cables for Road Bikes
Description: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Hazard Description: When the brake cables are installed on Campagnolo® style brake levers, they can detach, causing the brakes to fail and posing a fall hazard.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Repair
Units: About 9,700 in the United States and about 200 in Canada
Incidents: The company is aware of one report of a brake cable detaching. No injuries have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should stop using their bicycles with these recalled brake cables if they are installed on a Campagnolo-style brake lever and contact Gore for a free replacement cable kit. Gore will reimburse consumers for the repair cost.
Sold At: Bicycle specialty shops, sporting goods retailers and Amazon.com and other online retailers nationwide from January 2008 through January 2012 for between $40 and $65.
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: W.L. Gore & Associates Inc., of Elkton, Md.
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: Taiwan
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed