{"id":5754,"date":"2015-04-24T09:44:56","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T16:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/?p=5754"},"modified":"2015-11-02T12:13:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T20:13:00","slug":"trek-to-recall-nearly-1-million-bicycles-after-injury-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/2015\/04\/24\/trek-to-recall-nearly-1-million-bicycles-after-injury-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Trek to recall nearly 1 million bicycles after injury reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Catastrophic failure of 2000 – 2015 model bikes leads to quadriplegia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, April 24, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n

Trek Bicycle Corp. will recall nearly 1 million bikes in the United States and Canada to correct a brake-safety issue following reports of three injuries, including one that left a rider paralyzed, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The recall covers all models of Trek bicycles from model years 2000 through 2015 that have front disc brakes and a black or silver quick-release lever on the front wheel hub that opens far enough to contact the disc brake, the agency said.<\/p>\n

There is a risk on the affected bikes that the lever could become caught in the front disc-brake assembly, causing the front wheel to separate or stop suddenly, the commission said.<\/p>\n

The bikes’ owners are urged to “stop using the bicycles immediately and contact an authorized Trek retailer for free installation of a new quick-release on the front wheel,” the commission said.<\/p>\n

The recall affects about 900,000 bikes in the United States and 98,000 in Canada that sold for between $480 and $1,650.<\/p>\n

Trek reported three incidents of injured riders related to the problem, including one that resulted in quadriplegia, the commission said. The others involved facial and wrist injuries.<\/p>\n

Trek is based in Waterloo, Wis., and the bicycles involved in the recall were made in Taiwan and China, the agency said.<\/p>\n

“Your safety is very important to us,” Trek said in a recall notice on its website. “We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you.”<\/p>\n

The commission said customers could contact Trek at 800-373-4594 Monday through Friday or via the company’s website http:\/\/www.trekbikes.com\/worldwide\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Catastrophic failure of 2000 – 2015 model bikes leads to quadriplegia Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, April 24, 2015 Trek Bicycle Corp. will recall nearly 1 million bikes in the United States and Canada to correct a brake-safety issue following reports of three injuries, including one that left a rider paralyzed, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,28,31,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5754"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5754"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5756,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5754\/revisions\/5756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}