Product Recall Number: 16-023
Why was WeThePeople Envy BMX bicycles and Eclat Aeon cranksets recalled?
The left end of the bicycle crankset spindle can break, posing a fall hazard to the rider.
Product Recall Number: 16-023
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2015-10-29
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: WeThePeople Envy BMX bicycles and Eclat Aeon cranksets
Description: The left end of the bicycle crankset spindle can break, posing a fall hazard to the rider.
Hazard Description: The left end of the bicycle crankset spindle can break, posing a fall hazard to the rider.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 70 bicycles and about 170 cranksets (in addition, about 40 bicycles and about 40 cranksets were sold in Canada)
Incidents: WeThePeople has received five reports of the crankset spindles breaking. No injuries have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop riding the recalled bicycles and cranksets and return to the store where purchased for a free inspection and free replacement spindle.
Sold At: BMX bicycle/product dealers, WeThePeople distributors and specialty bicycle retailers nationwide and online at www.QBP.com and other BMX bicycle/product websites from September 2014 through July 2015. The Envy bicycles sold for about $1,100 and the aftermarket cranksets sold for about $180.
Importers: WeThePeople, of Cologne, Germany
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: Quality Bicycle Products, Inc. (QBP), of Bloomington, Minn.
Manufactured In: Taiwan
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed