SR Suntour North America of Vancouver, WA is recalling another 101,000 bikes equipped with its bicycle forks because the bolt that attaches the upper part of the bicycle's fork to the lower part of the fork can break or separate and cause the front wheel to come off the bicycle.
Such breaks can pose a crash hazard for riders. SR Suntour estimated about 68,000 of the affected forks are installed on bikes in the United States and another 33,600 in Canada.
The company instructed consumers to immediately stop using bicycles equipped with the recalled forks and return them to the place of purchase for a free inspection.
The recall involves Cannondale, Diamondback, Giant, GT, INA International, Schwinn, Scott and Trek brand bicycles with SR Suntour bicycle forks models M3010, M3020, M3030, NEX and XCT. The recalled forks have serial numbers in the top row beginning with “K” and ending with a number between 141101 and150127. The fork model and serial numbers are located on the back of the fork's crown. The serial number is the first row. The model number is in the second row. “SR Suntour” is printed on stickers on both sides of the fork legs. A detailed list of the specific model numbers included in the recall is on the firm's website. The shocks were manufactured in Kunshan, China.
There have been 15 reports of the bolts breaking or separating from the bicycles, including two reports of minor injuries, including abrasions, cuts and bruises.
The recalled bicycles were sold at bicycle stores, sports stores and mass merchandisers from November 2014 through May 2015 for between $300 and $400 for the bicycles.
The recall comes nearly a year to the day after Scott USA Inc. and Trek
Bicycle Corp. recalled more than 125,000 bikes sold between 2011 and
2013 because they used NCX, NEX, XCM and XCT forks from SR Suntour that
could break and pose a crash hazard.
