Injuries

Mountain bicycles

Cannondale
Mountain bicyclesMountain bicycles
Case number
0814/07
Category
Motor vehicles
Type / Model
Cannondale Mountain Bicycles with Lefty Speed SL and Lefty Speed DLR Forks.
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇳🇱 Netherlands
Country of origin
🇳🇱 Netherlands
Published
2007-08-10

⚠️ Risk

The notified product poses a serious risk of injuries due to a possible failure of a fork.Cannondale has received 15 reports of the bicycle forks separating, including five reports of injuries including a broken collarbone, broken ribs and bruises. All accidents were reported in the US. So far, no accidents reported in Europe.

Measures

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Voluntary withdrawal from the market, recall from consumers and information to consumersDate of entry into force: Unknown

The products are mountain bicycles with certain models of Lefty suspension forks. Note that these forks are proprietary Cannondale products with unique dimensions. Unlike many suspension forks these cannot be fitted to other brands of bicycles.Lefty Speed Carbon SL: - 2007 Taurine Carbon Team Replica - 2007 Scalpel 1 - 2007 Scalpel Team Replica - 2007 Rush Carbon 1 - 2007 Rush Carbon Team - 2007 Aftermarket, replacement Lefty Speed Carbon SL forks Lefty Speed DLR 2 (including bonded, 100mm and 80mm): - 2007 Rush Carbon 2 (This model also included in the recall for Cranksets – CPSC press release #07-206) - 2007 Rush 3 - 2007 Rush 4 - 2007 Rush 5 - 2007 Caffeine 29’er - 2007 Scalpel 2 - 2007 Scalpel 3 - 2007 Caffeine 1 - 2007 Caffeine 2 - 2007 Rush Feminine 1 - 2007 aftermarket, replacement Lefty Speed (bonded, 100mm and 80mm) DLR 2 - 2008 Rush Carbon 3.